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- Brian Berletic - US Experts Grapple with Ukraine End Game: Admit War of Attrition is Unwinnable - sashimi March 30, 2023, 2:15 pm
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Posted by sashimi
on March 30, 2023, 2:15 pm
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Desperation and fantastical thinking take hold of "top US foreign policy experts" as they contemplate an end game in Ukraine... * CSIS admits crucial weapons and munitions face critical shortages including * HIMARS launchers, 155mm artillery rounds, anti-aircraft and anti-tank * missiles; CSIS suggests the US could deplete all of its inventories along with * Europe into Ukraine to make up for critical shortages or shift to * "substitutes" despite being inadequate for Ukraine's requirements; * A recent confab of US foreign policy experts attempted to come to grips with the coming end game in Ukraine in which they see a Russian victory owed to its ability to supply more weapons, munitions, and trained manpower; * Suggestions to turn the tide include sending 1,000 M1 Abrams tanks, creating (another) foreign legion, and transferring weapons to Ukraine to strike deep within Russia; * However these "solutions" range from unrealistic to entirely counterproductive; * Ukraine doesn't have the manpower or time to assemble crews for 1,000 M1 Abrams tanks, a foreign legion was already created and already failed, and striking deep inside Russia will likely only help Moscow justify further mobilizations; * Sanctioning China is also considered, with no self-reflection on the flawed reasoning that led to ineffective sanctions already placed on Russia; * Only a fundamental change in Washington's premise can a sensible foreign policy be proposed, one that sees the US cooperating constructively with all other nations rather than attempting to subjugate all other nations; References CSIS - Rebuilding U.S. Inventories: Six Critical Systems (January 2023): https://www.csis.org/analysis/rebuilding-us-inventories-six-critical-systems Asia Times - Why Ukraine may embrace China's peace plan (March 20, 2023): https://asiatimes.com/2023/03/why-ukraine-may-embrace-chinas-peace-plan/ Alexander Mercouris - Russia Pushes Central Bakhmut, Ukraine Evacuates Avdeyevka, Zelensky meets Army Chiefs; US Fear (March 28, 2023): youtube.com/watch?v=3UYS10SOa2E&t=1580s RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019): https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html |
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