All the Putin 12D chess theories aside, I've been reading a lot of mil analysts over the last month+ and I haven't seen a single one who thinks you'd plan a military campaign like the one Russia did if you were REALLY trying to capture Donbas and the Black Sea coast. Not one.https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1510351186934878214 …
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I mean, it looks like they thought they could bribe a few selected officials, they'd mass a force, be everywhere, and watch everyone surrender.
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same. Seemed like a strategic disaster before it started. But I didn’t have any idea they’d actually lose the conventional war.
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Given what we were led to believe about the Russians it should have been a cake walk - but then the fighting started. That's the real test.
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It is extraordinary, especially for those of us who grew up during the Cold War (later years edition) w/ the idea that the world was just U.S. & USSR. Russia seemed so terrifying & powerful. Now my kids are like, “Russia? What’s the big deal?”
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In a way I realize I was naive not to realize that the degenerate political culture would extend to military performance as well
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It was more than just Russian incompetence. It was that incompetence against an army that spent 7 years drinking deeply of Western European/American military philosophy and expertise. This was a system versus system fight and the Russian authoritarian one doesn’t match up.
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it me. My usual line immediately prior was, "I don't see any way for Ukraine to win the war. I don't see any way for Russia to win the occupation." Well, that was a take that aged like fine fish, I'll tell you what.
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I know it's premature but, I can't believe I get to watch the collapse of the Russian state a 2nd time in my life.
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