It was already shown in Kyiv how you get Putin to de-escalate: inflict serious losses and show he cannot achieve his objectives. Putin's blitz campaig...
I don't think so. But it's a great metaphysical question, to say at least. Of course it's interesting just what "existing" means as there are the inta...
So better that Putin would win and create new "People's Republics" that could join later Mother Russia? It's up to the Ukrainian to fight or not. Afgh...
Uh, how??? Basically this isn't just a thing that will go away with throwing money at it: you do have to have truly effective programs and a lot of pr...
@"Cuthbert"'s remark on the "misere"-game is enlightening here. Of course, if you have a game that is quite "mathematical", having those inverse rules...
On the other hand, Russia simply cannot sustain similar losses it has experienced in this short time. The army is basically being ruined and they like...
Basically any game that has, as you said, the winner being the last man standing. It might be that the most active and most capable players are the on...
Well, at first they did try to refer to their policy of not assisting countries at war (and their hypocrisy was immediately shot down by referring to ...
It's good that you mention Trump, because that hasn't gone unnoticed. And even if Johnson's UK wants to be part of the defense of Europe (through NATO...
Comes to mind that Germany is now sending 50 Gepard Self propelled anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine. Now that is a big number and so in all is the amount...
It's a possibility. Of course the whole argument for Zelensky's victory was to oppose that. At least it was a better option than Americans voting for....
I'm not so sure this conflict will end in a few days. Too much is put on some date. I think this will be something like the Russo-Japanese war for Rus...
Russian nuclear weapons will basically halt any incursions into Russia proper by Ukraine. Putin doesn't have to keep large formations on his side of t...
War can continue just like WW1 continued: by stalemate and falling back to defensive positions. Russia can always choose to cease the attacks and go o...
Russia has a lot to lose if it uses nukes against Ukraine. First, what would actually Russia achieve with using tactical nukes? Assuming if there woul...
Yes. One or even two of these kind of events could totally happen at these stressing times. But this many seems like a return to the Stalinist times. ...
Actually, many had the same levels as now. Do notice that for example the Baltic States have had quite different economic policies than the older EU m...
East European countries have improved their situation after joining the EU. And after a war you literally have rebuild nearly everything in the societ...
Indeed. I think after this war is over (and hope we will see it in months, not years), Ukraine has a perfect opportunity for a national rebirth. It ha...
Which luckily both NATO and the EU have understood to do. Indeed. Except without the marxist-leninist ideology. That they don't have. One failure that...
Just to emphasize how much aid Ukraine is actually getting is the example that the US has sent about 1/3 of it's Javelin ATGMs to Ukraine. Usually cou...
Just look at what you can do with martial law in Russia: Evacuation of important objects and people; Strengthening the protection of public order, cri...
It looks absolutely crazy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltflcN4euaY I don't think this has now anything to do with the pandemic. This is simply rio...
I think they're softening people up for the idea to have martial law. And then there isn't any fig leaves left to disguise Putin's Russia from the aut...
Technically they ask for both. I don't know what the objective is, but this kind of virtue signalling is beyond me. In fact it's actually good that yo...
Finally it has reached even this place. The postmodern woke sillyness. My daughter asked for a library card and as under age, she had to get the permi...
On Russian state TV: host (and modern day Goebbels wannabe) Vladimir Solovyov threatens Europe and all NATO countries, as not only Ukraine has to be d...
Even if several days ago, this is an interesting subject. I don't think the era of the MBT is over. It's still quite useful, although it has to be pro...
Starting large counterattacks will be more costly to Ukraine, and lets face it, even the official numbers of Ukrainian soldiers now killed is higher t...
The next batch US aid to Ukraine comes now in the form of 75 155mm howitzers, vehicles and 100 tactical drones. With the howitzers one can equip four ...
Russia will use happily any extremist group they can get their hands on. And it's quite notable how they have been giving money and assistance to extr...
That was a bit different. Besides, the real danger during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis was that the US has a large superiority in the numbers of nucl...
You have a fixation on the US. As everything has to be about the US, it is you are the one exculpating Russia here because everything has to be about ...
Evidently you didn't get my point at all. So I'll try to explain. Deterrence comes up from many issues. That the army will fight is only one, but that...
It's been said actually that many of the kamikaze pilots weren't so eager to die. And you have very ugly examples of just how "voluntary" some suicide...
Well, I do have noticed the absolutely huge arms shipments made to Ukraine. The numbers are quite astonishing. Even my country sent there some stuff, ...
Well, let's see. I think those who fought for the previous regime, the Emirate of Afghanistan, surely didn't lack 'the will'. If your weapons are 60's...
That's why precision guided weapons like cruise missiles are so popular. They don't disengage from the attack if there's a lot of tracers around them....
Now I have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. There is absolutely nothing metaphysical about it. If you would be given all the best milita...
According to you, saying "not only leadership" but referring to will to fight means that "the only difference must be the "the will". Irrelevant straw...
Note the facts. The government of Afghanistan got far more military aid from the US than Ukraine. And it had a tiny lightly armed enemy compared to th...
Not only leadership. I think the role of leadership may easily be overemphasized. Zelensky can rally his people and the West for the Ukrainian cause, ...
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