Someone has lied to you. Contrarian is not synonymous to dumb.
[QUOTE=Questner;2954100]I would say two contrarian ideas.
A) There were no and there is no Ukrainian side, we are dealing with a junta comprised of sellouts and traitors. Russia is in fact in war with the US.
B) Russian delegation was farcical to an extent. Russia never planned to reach an agreement in 2022.
I don't know the answer to the question of a potential peace deal reached in March 2022 or in May 2022, but not in April as disseminated.
Clearly, several things fell apart: army support was suppressed, agreements with the elites failed, there was no repeat of 2008 scenario with Georgia. Russia had to enter the conflict knowingly unprepared. There were only 80 K servicemen at the front line.
Now we got ten times more at the front line with 1. 5 M total servicemen and growing, and the nuclear doctrine being updated.[/QUOTE]The funniest part about Russians is their insane, insatiable, unbelievable arrogance. For decades, this good for nothing country has claimed that only the US deserves the right to be their worthy nemesis. Why? Because you span several time zones?
Your "invincible" country has lost wars to the Mongols, the Turks, the English, the French, the Japanese, the Germans, the Poles, the Finns, the Afghans, the Chechens -- and is now slated to lose its most fateful war -- to Ukraine. There is no Ukrainian side, huh? I'd say that invisible side is doing quite well by beating the living hell out of you. 670,000 dead and crippled Orcs in less than three years.
Oh, yes and growing with every single day.
But how can you admit getting beaten by Ukraine? Fuck no, we're Russia. We're mighty and invincible, it's got to be the Nato, the US, the collective West, the aliens.
And of course, Russian arrogance can't exist without their phantasmagorical lies. Their propaganda has one rule: go big or go home.
Which is why anyone who takes Questner's numbers seriously should get their head examined.
By Feb 24,2022, the Russians amassed 200,000 troops against Ukraine, not 80,000.
1. 5 millions servicemen? He must've seen it in his sweet dreams. They're paying 3 million rubles for every signed contract. They're importing cannon fodder from North Korea. Half of their "servicemen" are in their 50's and 60's. The wounded get sent back to the frontlines from the hospitals before their treatment is over, even on crutches. They're losing more fodder every month that they manage to replenish. Even 3 M rubles sign up bonus ($37,000, which is a mind-blowing amount for Russians) doesn't yield many takers.
Their nuclear doctrine? Who gives a shit about your saber rattling? No one takes your failed mafia state seriously anymore.
A war with the US? Yeah, right. The war with the US would mean lights out in 2-3 weeks top for Russia, and I'm being generous.
You're probably confusing him with BlahRed
[QUOTE=JohnClayton;2954352]The collapse of the Russian economy is very likely, maybe inevitable at this point. I suspect there are many on this forum old enough to remember the collapse of the USSR. Also, there are many here who remember the Soviet-Afghan war and its outcome. I acknowledge that you are merely a paid propagandist, but do the similarities with 1989-92 resonate with you in any way?[/QUOTE]I'm not sure this fella is a paid propagandist. I mean, to get paid, you must regularly show up for work (like BlahRed, for example), and he doesn't seem to qualify in this department. He's probably just one of those brave Russians who prefers to defend his motherland on this very important mongering site rather than the front lines. Makes perfect sense if you ask me.
