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2022-08-28 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia fears Ukraine's counter-offensive in Donbas - British intelligence

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Posted by badanov 2022-08-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Russian major buildup occurring now but projected counter Ukrainian offensives always speculation but neadles to say big losses using arms of vastly inferior tools. Reality is best shown here.

Posted by Dale 2022-08-28 10:17|| 2022-08-28 10:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Glenn Eric Andre Diesen (born 1979) is a Norwegian political scientist[1] who is known as a regular commentator on Russia Today (RT). He has been widely criticized for allegedly promoting Russian propaganda by Scandinavian media, Russia experts in the West and other academics.[2][3][4][5][6][7] (Wiki)

Posted by Nero 2022-08-28 10:49|| 2022-08-28 10:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Alexander Mercouris is a former Brit lawyer who was disbarred (or as the Brits say, "struck off the list") for forging a judge's signature in order to deceive a client. He attributes that unfortunate event to mental illness, here. "The result was a rapid descent into what I have no hesitation today in calling madness. I became increasingly delusional and detached from reality. I began to fantasise wildly, and disastrously I began to involve other people in my fantasies."

Posted by Matt 2022-08-28 11:26|| 2022-08-28 11:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Diesen spoke very little in this presentation. Lengthy presentation where one might say Diesen was merely a mod. Alexander a British non military fellow in England but originally from Greece. Ritter; an American, presents a clear picture how Ukraine has lost already from a military mind. Russia is in no rush. Slow methodical gains with few Russian lives lost. Whereas Ukrainian lives lost accelerating.

Posted by Dale 2022-08-28 11:29|| 2022-08-28 11:29|| Front Page Top

#5 But, Dale, you agree with my recitation of Mercouris' background? Disbarred lawyer with a history of "madness"?

Posted by Matt 2022-08-28 11:33|| 2022-08-28 11:33|| Front Page Top

#6 When in the public theater we are always reminded of our past sometimes real sometimes fictitious. Seeing several posts I have observed an intelligent individual who has moved on with his life while others feel his posts are of a compromised individual. Be that as it may while we are graced by the Biden administrations world class intellectual excellence.

Posted by Dale 2022-08-28 11:44|| 2022-08-28 11:44|| Front Page Top

#7 #5 I politely disagree. Medical treatment for his disorder only exacerbated his condition. Even Rudy was disbarred in New York. So I prefer to believe he has fully recovered. The past is a flaw but a flaw overcome. I believe people can change their lives. I have seen no faults in his Ukraine analysis myself.

Posted by Dale 2022-08-28 11:58|| 2022-08-28 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 I have listened to Mercouris's rants a few times. He strikes me as insightful.

Posted by SteveS 2022-08-28 12:04|| 2022-08-28 12:04|| Front Page Top

#9 British Ministry of Defense on Twitter .

What's wrong with this picture?

Posted by AlanC 2022-08-28 17:07|| 2022-08-28 17:07|| Front Page Top

#10 With regard to Mr. Ritter, Dale, a few months back I wrote the following (comment #8):

While conceding that the gentleman in question is reasonably bright, highly trained, and connected internationally, we remember when he resigned from the UN because they were not aggressive enough in taking away Saddam Hussein’s WMDs, then turned on President George W. Bush for aggressively separating Saddam Hussein from same by removing him from controlling Iraq. His illegal fondness for underage females is merely a metaphor for the entire poisoned tree that each of his statements is the poisoned fruit of. Not to mention that such actions are prime blackmail material, and so we cannot judge how much of what he says when in anti-America mode is actually his own evaluation, and how much has been required of him by inimical forces.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-28 20:29|| 2022-08-28 20:29|| Front Page Top

#11 Defending Scott Rutter and Vlad. Seems like choosing good company

Posted by Frank G 2022-08-28 22:11|| 2022-08-28 22:11|| Front Page Top

#12 Mr. Ritter is another favourite Russia Today pundit — has been for decades.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-28 23:50|| 2022-08-28 23:50|| Front Page Top

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