He's never been good at thinking more than one or two steps ahead on any topic.
Russia & Ukraine
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He's never been good at thinking more than one or two steps ahead on any topic.
Everyone is always smarter than we are yet year after year we are still on top of the world. Funny how that works.
It appears the air-power situation in the Ukraine is mixed. The Russians do not hold air supremacy.
Jet combat planes appear not being used for ground strikes by either side very much since the first day. The jet fighters appear to be staying high and providing cover only against incursions by opposing fighters. This situation is probably due to the large number of air-defense missiles on the ground being used by both sides -- which have been found to be very costly to the planes plus the likelihood of friendly fire incidents (keep in mind that it appears the Russians shot down more than one of their own planes on the first day of the conflict). Ukraine also still has segments of its national air defense ground network in place; while the Russians have SAM units with large columns. Being close to the ground at this point appears to be deadly for aircraft.
A similar situation exists with helicopters. Russian helicopters were seen in bulk performing attacks against ground targets on the first day of the war but this landed up to be costly. Since then the Russian helicopters appear to be transporting troops and providing cover for convoys in areas where the Russians control the air -- rather than directly involved in attacks This may change as large-scale assaults are launched on cities like Kyiv jointly with ground units.
The primary air to ground assault weapon for the Ukrainians appears to be the Bayraktar drones they acquired from Turkey. These drones are being used to attack Russian columns on the ground. Using them does not risk the life of a pilot and the drones are much more cost effective than jets (if they are lost, etc.)
Ukraine credits Turkish drones with eviscerating Russian tanks and armor in their first use in a major conflict
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukr...-as-videos-show-destroyed-russia-tanks-2022-2
- Turkish-made Bayraktar drones have taken a prominent role in Ukraine's war effort.
- Commanders shared videos showing the TB2 model hitting Russian convoys.
- The footage served as a morale boost as Russia continued its campaign.
You have no idea whatsoever what that map means and what the interaction with Moldova represents.
Russia has stationed troops in the breakaway region of Transnistria in Moldova located at the border of the Ukraine. This Moldavian region is being used as a Russian staging ground in the invasion of Ukraine. This is against the will of the government of Moldova. It should be noted that Putin also seeded this breakaway region with arms and Russian support for years -- just like he did Crimea.
What does this mean? It should be obvious. Putin has invaded multiple nations in the past few days against the will of their governments after spending years undermining these nations.
Russian state news accidentally publishes article saying Russia has defeated Ukraine and restored its 'historical borders'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...nd-restored-its-historical-borders/ar-AAUqkpb
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...nd-restored-its-historical-borders/ar-AAUqkpb
Hell of a job Brownie.
Next thing you know they will be reporting on the suicides of those dissenting members of parliament. Ya know, "TWO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WILL COMMIT SUICIDE NEXT WEEK" is not the smoothest way for them to handle that but we know they can do it.
There is not one spot reserved for the top of the world anymore....
The U.S. is the world's greatest consumer economy but has not been the world's greatest producing economy in many decades. There is a reason the supply chain crisis hit the U.S. the hardeest
U.S. has some of the best universities in the world but its high school students on average are far worse in math and sciences than many countries in Europe and Asia.
We have the greatest government formed in the history yet look at the ass clowns we have in power over the past 10 years yet we criticize leaders in other countries
What prize do you get for saying we are still on top of the world, we share that place with a few countries depending on what factors you want to measure.
I would rather be here than anywhere else but the dominance of the U.S. to basically dictate democracy and capitalism to everywhere in the world does not exist like it did in the past.
Yep, I commented on that situation quite a while back in making the point that Turkey is a snake.
As I said then, they are a member of Nato but have purchased and positioned advanced missiles from Russia.
But, as I also said, the Russians consider them to be snakes too because Turkey actually makes a fairly decent set of lower level drones and missiles which it has been selling by the pantload to Ukraine.
Now we see that very aforementioned snakefest playing out.