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    William Schryver: Lost Cause Is in the Air Archived Message

    Posted by sashimi on August 20, 2023, 7:04 am

    19 Aug 2023

    (quote)
    How did the Imperial Masters of War ever persuade themselves that their money,
    weapons, several thousand mercenaries, and a large fraction of the male
    population of Ukraine could defeat Russia in a high-intensity industrial land
    war on its borders?!

    Did they really believe NATO armaments, training, intelligence, surveillance,
    planning, command, and impotent economic sanctions would be sufficient to defeat
    a resurgent Russia in 2022 and beyond?

    I think they almost certainly did. Hubris and its attendant delusions are
    staples of end-of-empire epochs.

    Of course, they're going to try to spin this major geostrategic defeat such that
    its true realities, causes, and consequences are obscured. Already they've been
    working overtime to subtly dismiss the obvious conclusion that Russia is simply
    too strong and capable to defeat militarily.

    I've noted the recurring talking point that the repulse of Ukraine's offensive
    is being attributed to Russia's supposedly archaic employment of "minefields and
    trenches" in a complex array of static defense lines.

    Somehow they neglect to mention the overwhelming dominance of Russian artillery,
    its dizzying array of battlefield attack drones, its air superiority, its
    first-rate motorized infantry maneuver, and its relentless long-range precision
    missile strikes on rear-area logistical targets.
    (/quote)
    -- Cont'd at https://imetatronink.substack.com/p/lost-cause-is-in-the-air

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