AgentR11 wrote:
If Xi wants to stoke some nationalism... the target will either by the South China Sea (with Russian cooperation, most likely); or this little chunk of India/China up in the mountains that is absolutely worthless for anything other than stoking degenerate hostilities.
jato0072 wrote:Of all of the Youtubers, Willy OAM offers the best, most balanced analysis IMHO. I watch his videos almost every day.
https://www.youtube.com/@willyOAM
He admits his titles are clickbait. Ignore the titles, the actual video content is well done.
careinke wrote:
Thanks for the link, I am now subscribed to his channel.
https://modernity.news/2024/04/06/ukrai ... es-report/An investigation by Ukrainian outlet NGL Media found that fighting age men are exploiting a loophole in the country’s martial law that allows them to skip military service.
If they have a disabled dependant, they are able to apply for a deferral from military duty as well as being allowed to cross the border, at which point many are fleeing for good.
theluckycountry wrote:Meanwhile in the ukraine...
Ukrainian Men Paying Disabled Women To Marry Them To Avoid Frontlineshttps://modernity.news/2024/04/06/ukrai ... es-report/An investigation by Ukrainian outlet NGL Media found that fighting age men are exploiting a loophole in the country’s martial law that allows them to skip military service.
If they have a disabled dependant, they are able to apply for a deferral from military duty as well as being allowed to cross the border, at which point many are fleeing for good.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law that lowers the country’s age of conscription by two years to make up for troop shortfalls. https://modernity.news/2024/04/04/ukrai ... hortfalls/
EnergyUnlimited wrote:But American stand is clear - no more military aid to Ukraine due to Republican rebellion in Congress.
Newfie wrote:EU,
I don't not know, perhaps you are right. I do believe the power balance is changing. But I think it is far too early to make firm predictions.
I find the political siituation in the USA very disturbing. I do not want either Trump or Biden and am gobsmacked that we are in this position. If Trump wins I will blame the Democrats for not putting up a reasonable candidate.
Too big a part of me suspects this is OBamas doing.
yellowcanoe wrote:What amazes me is that two years into this war Western countries have made so little progress at increasing munitions production. One of the reasons why Germany lost WW1 was that the allied forces had a much larger supply of artillery shells than they did. The allied forces fighting Germany in WW2 were also much better supplied with munitions. We're told that the Russians are firing five artillery shells for each Ukrainian shell and that it is expected in the near future to increase to 10 shells per Ukrainian one.
If WW3 were to start we'd have to hope that we win it really fast because we simply do not have the munition stocks and production to keep fighting for any significant amount of time.
EnergyUnlimited wrote:Safety and environmental rules are making it impossible to scale up munitions production efficiently.
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