Scott Ritter made the same point in that video I referenced in the last thread. Armies can seem to be resisting successfully - until they don't. When the collapse comes, it's very sudden and frequently disastrous. Ukraine is in this position. There is simply no way they can hold against the Russian army. If worst came to worst and Russia is forced to bring up the heavy artillery, which they don't want to do, it will be over in a matter of hours.
"I do believe that, at some level, the neocons desire to stoke a NATO war with Russia but hope to contain this war to Europe. I think the Pentagon generals think this is a bad idea."
Agreed. It's very clear that the Pentagon stomped on the no-fly zone idea. The fact that any public statement was made at all makes that clear.
As I mentioned in another thread, a no-fly zone means US cruise missiles attacking Russian AD in Ukraine and inside Russia. No other option. And that means Russia eliminating the sources of those cruise missiles, be they on land or sea. No other option. That means US ships sunk and NATO installations destroyed. The US then has only two options: 1) stop; 2) escalate to nuclear weapons. The Pentagon is well aware of this progression, while the neocons don't know and don't care.
So the only meaningful question is: Does Biden control the neocons or vice versa? That's what worries me. Because so far Biden hasn't.
It's not clear there would have been an invasion had the diplomacy specific to Ukraine worked out - and had Zelensky not talked about a nation run by neo-Nazis getting nukes. There's also the question of how much the invasion was predicated on the US/NATO response to the treaty proposals.
Scott Ritter points out in the CS video that part of this propaganda campaign is directly aimed at the Russian population, especially the "liberals" and other pro-Western factions. The idea is to emphasize all the "pain" the sanctions will allegedly impose and then suggest that getting rid of Putin is the only solution. Of course, as I like to say, "That Ain't Gonna Happen." Because those factions of the population in Russia don't have sufficient mass to do that. All they have as alternatives is losers like Navalny.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/03/ukraine-officials-announce-false-flag-attack.html?cid=6a00d8341c640e53ef02942f9e6d3a200c#comment-6a00d8341c640e53ef02942f9e6d3a200c
"I do believe that, at some level, the neocons desire to stoke a NATO war with Russia but hope to contain this war to Europe. I think the Pentagon generals think this is a bad idea."
Agreed. It's very clear that the Pentagon stomped on the no-fly zone idea. The fact that any public statement was made at all makes that clear.
As I mentioned in another thread, a no-fly zone means US cruise missiles attacking Russian AD in Ukraine and inside Russia. No other option. And that means Russia eliminating the sources of those cruise missiles, be they on land or sea. No other option. That means US ships sunk and NATO installations destroyed. The US then has only two options: 1) stop; 2) escalate to nuclear weapons. The Pentagon is well aware of this progression, while the neocons don't know and don't care.
So the only meaningful question is: Does Biden control the neocons or vice versa? That's what worries me. Because so far Biden hasn't.
It's not clear there would have been an invasion had the diplomacy specific to Ukraine worked out - and had Zelensky not talked about a nation run by neo-Nazis getting nukes. There's also the question of how much the invasion was predicated on the US/NATO response to the treaty proposals.
Scott Ritter points out in the CS video that part of this propaganda campaign is directly aimed at the Russian population, especially the "liberals" and other pro-Western factions. The idea is to emphasize all the "pain" the sanctions will allegedly impose and then suggest that getting rid of Putin is the only solution. Of course, as I like to say, "That Ain't Gonna Happen." Because those factions of the population in Russia don't have sufficient mass to do that. All they have as alternatives is losers like Navalny.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/03/ukraine-officials-announce-false-flag-attack.html?cid=6a00d8341c640e53ef02942f9e6d3a200c#comment-6a00d8341c640e53ef02942f9e6d3a200c
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