Kikapu wrote:What can I say, other than to say that, “the devil is always in the details” for me!
When the claim is made that 2 Russian Battalions are destroyed, I expect to see 200+ dead bodies in the vicinity of the destroyed equipment, that’s all.
As for the rest of your post, we are going in circles. It’s no point beating a dead horse! However, allow me to make one point on the expansion of NATO which you seem to put a lot of importance with the expansion with Sweden and Finland, and that is, there never be a ground war between NATO and Russia because NATO do not have the courage to have a ground war directly with Russia, hence the reason of the proxy war taking place in Ukraine between NATO and Russia, because NATO countries won’t be able to stand when the body bags of their loved ones return home in the thousands. The next alternative to a ground war, it will be Nuclear to which we will ALL lose. So, please tell me again what is the good news on adding Sweden and Finland to the NATO club?
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Yes - you have several times played the "
broken record" or, as here,
"Going in circles" card but......................... that's not really the case.
It's not so much I put a lot of importance upon NATO expansion, it's that it was a core Putin principle for his invasion of Ukraine. To stop it. Come on, failed - surely?
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NATO do not have the courage to have a ground war directly with Russia"? What does that mean exactly? NATO is of course a conglomeration of 31 countries. Soon to be 33 it seems. Whilst there are certain factors which involve all - certainly those applicable to Article 5 - nothing has ever stopped individuals, or groups, from pursuing an agenda, which quite often others disagree with. Which seems to me on the whole what's happening in Ukraine.
I wouldn't want to get into a "
My Dad is bigger than your Dad" argument but - honestly - given what's happened in the past 18 months in Ukraine do you really think that Vladimir Putin is looking to take on NATO? Please - look at the math.
It isn't so much "good news" about Sweden and Finland but their joining NATO is certainly bad news for Russia.
Personal experience in here is usually treated with contempt. Trumped by Google "research" . Experts. Nevertheless, I spent some time working with the Swedish air force. Albeit quite a while ago. They are a very impressive organisation. Sweden doesn't have a global role or a nuclear option to worry about. For decades though they have had a simple outlook.......................... potentially opposing Russia. A lot of their main road system has been built to facilitate the landing of aircraft. Every few miles or so you will see camouflaged revetments on the sides, where aircraft can hide. That's the sort of outlook they have.
Their aircraft are quite formidable, technologically.
So , no, their decision to join NATO, after a century of neutrality, isn't "
of no significance to Russia". In fact it's pretty momentous.
