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2023-03-28 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

The Shifting Ukraine Narrative. Just a few months ago, Western media was hailing the decision to send tanks to Ukraine. This story in the Washington Post would have been called Putin propaganda a few months ago.

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Posted by Hupung Untervehr9838 2023-03-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Maybe CIA will give ZZZZellllenssssskkkkyyyy the Diem treatment.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-28 06:43|| 2023-03-28 06:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Just remember we backed Stalin over Hitler in that little event back in 1941-45. The former killed more than the latter.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-03-28 08:39|| 2023-03-28 08:39|| Front Page Top

#3 I doubt the people responsible for our current Ukraine policy even considered the possibility that Ukraine might win. Now they are freaking out.

Posted by Angstrom 2023-03-28 09:50|| 2023-03-28 09:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Reliable estimates say the Ukrainians have lost 200,000 soldiers in the last year. That is killed in action. An equal number have been wounded, with the majority unable to return to service. On the Russian side, the death toll is much lower, around 20,000, with two or three times that wounded. This disparity means it is a matter of time before the Ukrainians crack.

Reliable estimates, huh? Excuse me if I'm a bit skeptical. I don't believe anybody knows how many have died on either side. We might never know.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-03-28 12:27|| 2023-03-28 12:27|| Front Page Top

#5 I doubt the people responsible for our current Ukraine policy even considered the possibility that Ukraine might win. Now they are freaking out.

I don't believe they thought Putin would resist NATO's expansion into Ukraine with a "special military operation". They miscalculated, plain and simple.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-03-28 12:38|| 2023-03-28 12:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Whether the so-called reliable estimates are anywhere near accurate or not, it's a good bet that the death toll is horrendous. What's disturbing is that Biden doesn't care. If he did, he would be calling for negotiations to stop the fighting. It's that callous attitude toward the deaths of others that makes me think the man is truly sick.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-03-28 12:50|| 2023-03-28 12:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Opinion piece refers to something called the Kagan cult.

I think that refers to the Institute for the Study of War since one of the founders is named Kagan. But I'm not sure.

Regarding the opinion piece estimate of 20k fatalities is about an order of magnitude below the estimates of US and NATO intel.

Remarkably the piece fails to discuss the two successful Ukraine counteroffensives or the Russian retreat from the North.

and it is approaching 400 days of this ghastly conflict

Posted by lord garth 2023-03-28 19:32|| 2023-03-28 19:32|| Front Page Top

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