Francesco Queirolo Il Disinganno, Naples, Sansevero Chapel 1753-1754 (the netting can also be all marble)
I used to be pondering all day about Kherson, and the way the re-capture of the town is introduced in our media. Pondering, additionally, concerning the 2,500 kilometer (1,500 miles, give or take) frontline. And naturally when you focus troops and materials at any single given level alongside a line of that dimension, you can also make some advances. However does that imply something, actually? Apart from PR? Dr. D. immediately provides the historic and so on. perspective to this.
The adagium is: by no means combat a land warfare in Asia. Napoleon and Hitler discovered this out, together with many hundreds of thousands of their younger males. However Russia IS Asia. Which implies they don’t have any selection however to combat there, and likewise that they’ve – deep-rooted – expertise. These 1,500 miles, in the meantime, are a sign of why Russia known as up 300,000 reservists.
On the coronary heart of it: you’ll be able to take some land, however you’ll be able to’t take our males, they’ve way more worth: “Land is completely nugatory with out the boys, and Slavic males are treasured and few.” One thing Russia and Ukraine seem to view in a different way.
Dr. D.: Out on a limb for Kherson. Anybody need to take up the difficulty that Ukraine will blow the dam if anybody will get in there? A human rights crime? They’ve been shelling it for weeks?
Okay, Russia strikes throughout, with an enormous plain in entrance and a river crossing within the again. They need to simply lazily do that? What’s the answer? Normal Armageddon stated “he would make uncomfortable selections”. Withdrawing would appear to suit that invoice. We’ve seen him continuous, and maybe even ham-fistedly try and feint the Ukrainians – really, why hassle? – Feint the Brits and People into attacking at factors of his selecting, aka “A Entice”.
They haven’t jumped at them, however Kherson is the most important wounded chook they’ve ever flapped. How can London ignore it? They MUST have it to make a multitude of Crimea, however because it’s a Steppe on a river bridge, as a substitute or Russia, London and the Poles could be within the artillery hearth and dam floodplain. And this can be a Russian defeat? On the identical time, Putin isn’t taking a political hit for it, regardless of the wounded chook routine.
Wait: except you BELIEVED what reporters, the information media stated. They stated it? Russian information, which is understood to be essentially the most Western infiltrated or influenced of any physique in Russia? And also you took what they stated severely? How’s this: “They stated it, subsequently it’s a lie.” That higher?
Russia is combating A Land Warfare in Asia. I don’t know what number of instances I’ve to say this. You don’t use Kentucky guidelines, or Melbourne guidelines, who principally by no means fought a warfare. Russia has a tactic, had it for 1,000 years, and it all the time works so why change it? You commerce males for territory. As a result of there may be a lot territory, the land is nugatory. Nevertheless, Slavs are few, and the entrance line is big.
Over time, virtually a 12 months now, Russia immediately, always withdraws to cede territory in change for males. They misplaced a lot doing this, they now personal 1/4 of the nation! Oh noes! As a result of with “A Land Warfare in Asia”, there’s nothing on the market. Simply open plains. They solely factor stopping any motion is 1) the opposite military 2) rivers. As soon as the military has no males, Russia can go wherever they like.
If Russia loses no males, as a result of they commerce land to save lots of males, they will combat this for 500 years. Ukraine is doing the other: buying and selling battalions to realize cow pasture. #Successful! Am I loopy right here? What’s the single Russian protection measure? That they’ve monumental territory between them and the idiots within the West who like attacking Russia and shedding. That’s why they preserve Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine in entrance of them, and precisely why NATO needed to encroach all these nations and take away this security. …Whereas, as we simply admitted, change to first-strike nuclear protocol.
Certainly Russia would NEVER commerce territory for males, all the time R E T R E A T earlier than an advancing military? That may be LOSING, wouldn’t it?
Historical past Lesson: Russia RETREATED East of MOSCOW for Napoleon. Napoleon had your complete empty metropolis of Moscow for his leisure. It was sacked freely, Russia gave no protection. Yay Leon! Did they lose then? How was Napoleon doing? Do they communicate French in St. Petersburg now?
No. The mixed Western military of Napoleon, your complete mixed forces of Europe minus Britain CEASED TO EXIST. That settled anybody going to warfare for some time and so they didn’t strive something so silly with Moscow for 100 years after.
If in case you have a Land Warfare in Asia, commerce Males for Land. Land is completely nugatory with out the boys, and Slavic males are treasured and few. Russia agrees and is behind Putin on this transfer. They will solely DREAM that London might be so idiotic and suicidal as to maneuver their military into Kherson, the place Russia can shell them at will from far throughout the river. If I can shell them, however they will’t advance and cease me, is that shedding? How, precisely?
What would I do, retreating, getting my hyperventilating fifth column Russian Press to lose their minds at house? Like this: Ukraine strikes ahead. They’ve success, the shelling will not be so dangerous! Surovikin amasses forces out of vary however can’t cross the river. Russia is shedding! All anticipated. Then due to the maneuvers and feints of two large armies, Surovikin is ready to ACTUALLY amass a military with out Ukraine “noticing” – a factor he couldn’t do proper now. This military is amassed to the north, above the dams, maybe by Zap, floods by means of, and never solely can’t be stopped, it subsequently cuts off the now-amassed London military from Kiev and their provides out of Poland. Relying on the boys tied up, they attain Odessa from the middle of the nation, not the south. Both shortly — or extra probably, ultimately.
…For only one state of affairs. However you perceive they will’t amass 300,000 Russians at Kherson with out 1) Proving precisely what their plan is and a couple of) having the military be shot up roughly always as they try and trickle throughout the river…WHILE Ukraine positively drops a dam on them. Was that your warfare plan and concept? Of what they need to do, are required to do in keeping with Anglos sitting safely 10,000 miles away? ‘Trigger it positive ain’t mine. And apparently not Normal Surovikin’s both.
It’s simply plain silly. Russia is 10x Ukraine’s dimension. Spoiler alert: Russia wins. So ought to they be reckless, put half a military in hurt’s approach simply because they’re aggravated, impatient and English bloggers inform them to? No. Get them the h– out of hurt’s approach, and carry on decreasing house casualties, on daily basis.
If solely our Anglo armies would do the identical. However that is Biden’s Slavic genocide, in spite of everything. Why assist London by killing your individual Slavs?
