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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Why Putin has doomed himself with his Ukraine Fiasco
2022-09-28
[RCN] By Brian E. Frydenborg
Go to the link to read the whole story and look at the charts. The text here is just the introduction. The author is a long time Biden advisor from the DNC and a principal in crafting the Trump Russia hoax. BIO
Putin’s mobilization is myopically feared by some but does more damage to him at home than anything to help the war effort, the dynamics of which have been set and cannot be altered by this mobilization or “referenda,” gimmicks that reek of desperation and prove Russia is losing even to Russians

(Russian/Русский перевод) By Brian E. Frydenborg (Twitter @bfry1981, LinkedIn, Facebook), September 27, 2022; see related September 16 article I Saw This War Could Be Putin’s Undoing All the Way Back in Early March

Posted by:3dc

#8  Doomed? Hell no. Allowing the neo-nazis to set up camp and become entrenched like the jiahadis in the middle east - that would be the worst thing Putin and Russians could do.

It is so apparent to me. The Americans used AQ and mujahedeens in the 80s and 90s as their asymmetrical plausible deniability proxy threat. Now thirty years later, they are trying to emulate that model but instead are using neo-nazis - and now quite openly w/o much discretion.
Posted by: mossomo   2022-09-28 12:58  

#7  The author is a long time Biden advisor from the DNC and a principal in crafting the Trump Russia hoax.

IOW, you can't believe a word he says.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-09-28 12:08  

#6  Re:#3: Russia is pulling all Us/Western Europe engines from its aircraft, installing domestic ones as spare parts are not available. Seriously doubt there will be any sort of certification beyond , firing them ip, quick leak check. Slam the cowling shut and launch it. Might as well make check flights revenue ones. Right?
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2022-09-28 07:50  

#5  /\ Yes, an endless series "military misadventures" since the end of WWII.

The 'Shadow Gov't' of the US, the 'Shadow Gov't' of Russian... are we so very different? Sadly, the intelligence communities and wealthy oligarchs appear to run both. But remember, YOUR vote counts !
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-09-28 06:40  

#4  I would argue Biden and the US have had the occasional "military misadventure" as well.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-09-28 03:09  

#3  Russia relies on western imports of machinery, goods and technology make, run and repair nearly all industrial machinery. Also the production of oil and gas in their northern fields completely reliant on western technology. As the parts wear out, the already decrepit industrial capacity of Russia will wither away. It will also be an interesting experiment to see much oil and gas production survives the winter.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621   2022-09-28 02:28  

#2  Biden is desperate. The Euros are desperate.

Before the war Ukraine had a GDP of $180 billion. It’s now list over 100,000 KUA, wounded and POWs, millions emigrated, two-thirds of its GDP and all of its most productive territories.

Russia controls not just Crimea but OVER TWENTY PERCENT of the Ukrainian mainland.

That’s equivalent to a hostile foreign power seizing all the southwestern U.S. land ceded by Mexico — all of it from Houston to San Francisco.

And this clown tells us that the country that seized the other’s best land, reduced it to fourth world status and destroyed 100,000 men — one third of its entire military force — is not winning, hasn’t won, but is actually losing.

Uh-huh. Sure. Keep on deluding yourself, joker.
Posted by: Fester Grumble6909   2022-09-28 02:20  

#1  Putin "dooms" himself with a desperate military misadventure. Biden "dooms" himself with a desperate 'green new deal' misadventure.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-09-28 01:51  

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