Facts Marjorie Greene cannot refute: "Russia Is Losing The War " : Unless Greene wants Russian victory, choice is to stop kowtowing to Putin
Marjorie Greene has pushed the envelope in terms of Putin adoration and it is become a sickening theatre of the absurd
What Greene is doing is classical "bicycle reflex", in Chinese it means a person who kisses upward to the boss and whom is vicious to subordinates.
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Greene shows all the symptoms of extreme "bicycle reflex" in her endless kowtowing to Putin and her conduct to people she considers lesser than Putin.
Here are a few facts which should cause any sane person to back off the Putin worship
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The State of Play in Ukraine
Apart from general mobilization or the nuclear option, Russia has run out of cards to play in Ukraine.
Diplomatically,?Russia is isolated?even among its regional allies. Economically, Russia is the?most sanctioned country?on Earth.
Militarily, Russia has?failed to achieve?all of its stated objectives. Given its failures on the battlefield, Russia has increased its attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure – the electrical grid and water distribution system – with the aim of punishing civilians, exhausting Ukrainian resolve, and weakening public support for the war.
Russia’s strategy of inflicting collective punishment on Ukraine is doomed to fail.
What History Teaches Us
There is no historical precedent where citizens pressured their government to sue for peace because an invading army was conducting aerial bombardments against civilian targets.
During The Blitz, Britain’s resolve was strengthened by Nazi Germany’s relentless bombing of London that?killed more than 40 000 civilians.
During the Bombing of Tokyo, Japan continued resisting despite the U.S. firebombing the city and?killing more than 80 000 civilians.
Similarly, the majority of Ukrainians?support the war effort and reject negotiating with Russia.
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Unless Greene wants Europe from the Straights of Gibraltar to Northern Norway occupied by Putin, the way forward is as follows: Greene needs to GET IT as far as the following.
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Russia’s?estimated losses as of December 3, 2022 include?roughly 90,600 military personnel, 2,917 tanks, 5, 886 armored combat vehicles, 1,906 artillery systems, 280 fixed-wing aircraft, and 210 air defense systems.
As brilliantly argued by Timothy Ash, it has only cost the U.S.?5.6% of its annual military budget?to decimate Russia’s conventional armed forces. This pales compared to the?trillions of dollars?in military expenditures that the U.S. has invested to deal with Russia over the last 8 decades.
Evidently, NATO military assistance has altered the course of the war in favor of Ukraine.
Ukraine Turns The Tide And Needs Help
In April 2022, Ukraine won the?Battle of Kyiv. Then, Ukraine ended the?Siege of Chernihiv, won the?Battle of Sumy, and?sunk the Moskva?– the flagship of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet. In May 2022, Ukraine won the?Battle of Kharki
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Not to mention the retaking of Kherson, and now the prospect of isolating Crimea.
In so many words, Greene can either act like a Russian Agent and sabotage the entire European continent due to unrestrained love of Putin, as she appears to want to do, or to come back to planet Earth
The choice is hers. She has to make a choice and time is running out. She can stop kowtowing to Putin and that would be best for all concerned
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Russia Is Losing The War. Give Ukraine The Weapons To End It???????
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Russian T-90 tank. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Putin’s?historic mistake?in Ukraine has weakened global perceptions of Russian power while forcing Russia to fight a full-scale war it cannot win.
To be clear: Russia is losing the war it started against Ukraine thanks to military support from the West.
Now, NATO should provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the offensive firepower and air defense Ukraine needs to end it.
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The State of Play in Ukraine
Apart from general mobilization or the nuclear option, Russia has run out of cards to play in Ukraine.
Diplomatically,?Russia is isolated?even among its regional allies. Economically, Russia is the?most sanctioned country?on Earth.
Militarily, Russia has?failed to achieve?all of its stated objectives. Given its failures on the battlefield, Russia has increased its attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure – the electrical grid and water distribution system – with the aim of punishing civilians, exhausting Ukrainian resolve, and weakening public support for the war.
Russia’s strategy of inflicting collective punishment on Ukraine is doomed to fail.
What History Teaches Us
There is no historical precedent where citizens pressured their government to sue for peace because an invading army was conducting aerial bombardments against civilian targets.
During The Blitz, Britain’s resolve was strengthened by Nazi Germany’s relentless bombing of London that?killed more than 40 000 civilians.
During the Bombing of Tokyo, Japan continued resisting despite the U.S. firebombing the city and?killing more than 80 000 civilians.
Similarly, the majority of Ukrainians?support the war effort and reject negotiating with Russia.
A cold winter is a pain they are willing to endure in solidarity with the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighting to liberate the occupied territories and defeat the oppressor.
Ukraine Presses Forward
Millions of Ukrainians are without?electricity, heating or running water in the middle of winter because of?Russia’s terror bombing.?Maintenance crews?work around the clock to restore Ukraine’s electrical grid between Russia’s missile barrages.
Doctors in?Lviv?and?Kyiv?are forced to perform complicated surgeries with only headlights to guide them.
Residents of apartment buildings?leave food supplies and hygiene kits?in elevators for their neighbors who get trapped during the power outages.
The situation is unbearable for civilians residing in the free cities of Ukraine.
Nevertheless, circumstances are exponentially worse for soldiers on the frontline in?towns like Bakhmut. There, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are?fighting in trench warfare?conditions reminiscent of World War 1 – except with deadlier weaponry and more sophisticated technology.
Western Aid Makes the Difference?
Despite the difficulties faced and the sacrifices made by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukraine has been the recipient of generous military assistance packages from NATO.
Russia’s?estimated losses as of December 3, 2022 include?roughly 90,600 military personnel, 2,917 tanks, 5, 886 armored combat vehicles, 1,906 artillery systems, 280 fixed-wing aircraft, and 210 air defense systems.
As brilliantly argued by Timothy Ash, it has only cost the U.S.?5.6% of its annual military budget?to decimate Russia’s conventional armed forces. This pales compared to the?trillions of dollars?in military expenditures that the U.S. has invested to deal with Russia over the last 8 decades.
Evidently, NATO military assistance has altered the course of the war in favor of Ukraine.
Ukraine Turns The Tide And Needs Help
In April 2022, Ukraine won the?Battle of Kyiv. Then, Ukraine ended the?Siege of Chernihiv, won the?Battle of Sumy, and?sunk the Moskva?– the flagship of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet. In May 2022, Ukraine won the?Battle of Kharkiv.
In September 2022, Ukraine launched a counteroffensive and?liberated more than 6000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory?in the Kharkiv Oblast. In November 2022,?Ukraine liberated the city of Kherson?after 8 months of occupation. Although NATO military support has enabled Ukraine to liberate its occupied territories, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have the military superiority required to end the war.
WHAT UKRAINE NEEDS NOW
To help Kyiv end the war, NATO should improve the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ offensive firepower.
First, the U.S. should?provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with ATACMS. These?long-range surface-to-surface missiles?with a?range of 190 miles?would enable Ukraine to reach high-value military targets and logistics centers in Russia and Crimea while avoiding a direct conflict between NATO and Russia.
Second, Washington and its allies should increase artillery shell production capacity to wartime levels. While Ukraine was firing?6,000 to 7,000?artillery rounds per day in Donbas last summer, Russia was firing a whopping?40,000 to 50,000.
The U.S. only produces?15,000 artillery rounds per month.?U.S. artillery stockpiles are running low?because of ammunition transfers to Ukraine.
Nevertheless, there are still viable supplies available elsewhere. For example, the U.S. could negotiate an armaments transfer where?Cyprus sends its Soviet equipment to Ukraine?in exchange for NATO standard equipment. A U.S. brokered Cyprus-Ukraine equipment transfer could also bolster Ukraine’s air defense – its?greatest vulnerability.
Helping Ukraine protect its skies is crucial for ending the war. A NATO-imposed?no-fly zone?over Ukraine is a?non-starter for the West. Even so, there are alternate ways of improving Ukraine’s air defense and protecting its critical infrastructure from Russia’s terror bombing.
For instance,?Germany could agree?to Poland’s proposal to move German?Patriot Batteries?to Ukraine. In addition, the U.S. could greenlight Poland’s offer to?transfer its MiG-29 planes?to Ukraine. While there is no shortage of choices at NATO’s disposal, these options are low-hanging fruit.
In the timeless words of?Garry Kasparov, you cannot escalate self-defense. To be clear: Russia is losing the war it started against Kyiv thanks to military support from the West.
Now, NATO should provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the offensive firepower and air defense Kyiv needs to end it. Ukraine has already accomplished more with less.
George Monastiriakos is a lawyer licensing candidate and political science and history graduate who writes about global affairs and politics. He can be reached on?LinkedIn?or on Twitter?@monastiriakos.
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George Monastiriakos is a lawyer licensing candidate and political science and history graduate who writes about politics and global affairs.?He can be reached on?LinkedIn?or on Twitter
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