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Hundreds of thousands of courageous people ended up in early, unmarked graves because they (or, more often, their superiors) believed in courage over logistics. This is war we're talking about. There's no narrative arc, no plucky hero, no sudden maneuver to save the day.
God is on the side with the most battalions, as Napoleon probably didn't say.
I know WWII has a mythical status in the Russian psyche (and Putin has certainly done what he can to inflate it), but the fact is that in a WWII style conflict, without stuff like railcars and trucks, you lose.
We cannot sanction Russia without sanctioning ourselves. For Europe, the sanctions against Russia are a suicide pact.
That talking point worked better before Europe stocked up oon LNG to the point that there's now most likely enough for the 2023-2024 winter as well. What else does Russia make that the world needs? Europe is doing fine. (Getting off the fossil fuel teat is a surprising benefit.)
OK, so the UK had to eat turnips for a while, but that was their own fault.
Originally Posted by Listener2307 Will Russia be able to continue to supply India with quality military arms?.......... It doesn't appear so. Russia can't manufacture what it needs, much less provide them to someone else.
If the Ukraine war, sanctions, and boycotts are successful, Russia will never recover. Not completely.
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Will we be able to sell arms to India, keep arming Ukraine and fight a second front in Taiwan? It's not like we're rolling in equipment the longer this drags on.........
The US would not "provide" weapons to India. We would sell them. For profit. And yeah, I am betting if India wanted a whole bunch of (whatevers) the American companies who manufacture them could do so.
I am still sure Russia could not, no matter who asks.
Those Russians should really be pushing anti smoking PSA's
I don't know about that, but have you seen Russian women vaping? OMG they have a serious problem with that. I have seen videos of Russian women together and they are all vaping non stop. How they are even still alive I have no idea.
The US would not "provide" weapons to India. We would sell them. For profit. And yeah, I am betting if India wanted a whole bunch of (whatevers) the American companies who manufacture them could do so.
I am still sure Russia could not, no matter who asks.
India is already purchasing from the U.S., France and Israel. And from what I see coming out of there, the defense experts want to make that switch.
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