Is Russia done pretending?

all the destruction in Donbas started with the Ukrainians shelling cities that declared their independence, then shoving troops into those "fortress cities", which forced the Russians to demolish them to root the AFU out. it was deliberate.

some people dont understand the russian mindset. If WW1 began with the Russians protecting Serbian Slavs from the Austrians, why does anyone pretend they won't protect actual Russians right next door from jewish globalists and neocons using the dumb hohols as a tool.
 
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as i said in the last deleted thread on this topic, putin will continue unless the "cost" of continuing is untenable.
he is committed to "liberating" the remaining portions of the mostly russian speaking regions that wanted autonomy from ukraine.
i see no indication that zelensky is willing to concede any territory, so i don't see peace on the horizon.
unfortunately, zelensky doesn't seem to have to worry about the "cost", since somebody else is footing the bill.

/and i still think it is the natural resources that they are really fighting over.

The one "cost" that Zelensky has to worry about is manpower, as he is quickly running out of that resource and no other country is currently willing to fill that gap (and rightfully so).

I don't see how this war is sustainable. Ukraine can't win a war of attrition against Russia. Further involvement by the west has the ultimate consequence of a potential world war breaking out.

What I do fear is that the leaders of Ukraine, understanding the situation they are in, will do something to deliberately spark a hot war between NATO and Russia. An unpopular fact amongst the Ukraine-stans is that the ultra-nationalists hold a lot of power in Ukraine, and make up at least 10% of the current AFU. This group has been threatening Zelensky with death for years over any talks of peace with Russia.

The West doesn't want peace, and they will creep right up to the edge of Russia's "red lines" to keep this proxy war going. Zelensky and those around him don't want peace, as that stops the gravy train, their power, and ultimately potentially their own lives. Russia wants an end to NATO expansionism on their borders, and will be unwilling to give back any occupied territory to Ukraine.

I think the only way this ends is with the US pushing for concessions to be made with Russia to end this war, but the longer this goes on the less likely that scenario seems to be.
 
selective service

Another term that seems to be eluding comprehension just like strategic.

Please elaborate on exactly what this term means in a non-question form including how it pertains to conscription/draft practices.
 
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Another term that seems to be eluding comprehension just like strategic.

Please elaborate on exactly what this term means in a non-question form including how it pertains to conscription/draft practices.

You don't set the rules for people's responses in a place where my questions receive non-answer mentions of gay sex,which illicit overwhelming little thumbs up emojis and positive replies. You're free to google "selective service" however if you're genuinely uneducated and curious, and I applaud you for seeking to better yourself through the expansion of your knowledge on US government. Learning is fun! :)
 
Further involvement by the west has the ultimate consequence of a potential world war breaking out.
That might be inevitable at this point. It seemed early on that Trump wanted to pull Russia out of China’s sphere of influence, making them a non participant in the inevitable INDOPACOM conflict. However based on recent actions & statements by this administration those efforts have failed.

A while ago I read an article stating that China needs Russia to fix the U.S. and NATO in Europe to set favorable conditions for China’s planned invasion of Taiwan. And from all the chatter that I am hearing WRT Russian operations in the Baltics that seems to be what is happening.

Didn’t have to be this way, but our enemies on the left wouldn’t have it any other way.
 
Those idiots are sounding alot like that little turd in NK a whole lot of noise.
Laughing might be true, but then again, talking out one's ass is how we pushed Russia into this in the first place. It's all planned to include the billions going to die. Greed & power wants, are going to destroy vast area's of this rock.
 
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You don't set the rules for people's responses in a place where my questions receive non-answer mentions of gay sex,which illicit overwhelming little thumbs up emojis and positive replies. You're free to google "selective service" however if you're genuinely uneducated and curious, and I applaud you for seeking to better yourself through the expansion of your knowledge on US government. Learning is fun! :)

I set the rules for what I accept as intelligent responses, you fail again.

I know the definitions for all the terms you want to throw around as if there is some controversy around them other than the controversy that exists in your imagination.

The only controversial thing here is the conflicted bubble you built for yourself where these terms have some different, ignorantly constrained meaning.
 
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Is attacking power and municipal infrastructure where combatants might take cover among civilians considered a "strategy"?

Asking for a friend.
Sure, could be, depending upon the effect you want to achieve. Or legit infrastructure targets might get missed resulting in ordinance getting wasted on civilian stuff. TLE is a thang yo.

Remember what we did to Dresden and later Wurzburg during WWII?
 
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