Trump is talking sense

[fillyboy]

Oh ok, youkeep that thought. It does make you sound either very nieve or just plain silly.

Or both.

 

[Highway Man]

Why do you disagree?

The West has trickle fed Ukraine throughout the war, especially at the beginning.

Even now the West refuse to supply true long range missiles

So why is anyone concerned that the trickling tap is being turned off?

 

[Highway Man]

Or both.

I think both but didn't like to say as he sounds slly enough

 

[Notch7]

So why is anyone concerned that the trickling tap is being turned off?

It is really very simple:


the trickling tap is enough to stop Russia making major advances, but not enough to repel the invaders.
stopping aid would allow Russia to materially advance

It’s really not hard, please use your brain

 

[Odds]

Have. you ever considered going on question time but not in the audience but on the panel? You could sit there with your phone to reply to questions.

Fiona Bruce keeps asking me but i can't spare the time. Bloody woman keeps pestering, though; up a bloody ladder at 3 in t'morning, bangin' on t'window. You'd be a shoe-in, however, with your extensive military background...why would you deprive the nation of your encyclopedic knowledge of all things Russian?

 

[Notch7]

Russia had cold war stocks coming out of their ears

No it doesn’t.

They still have thousands more tanks and equipment to throw away. Even 2 more years from now, on current trajectory,

Not correct

The point is that Europe has not got the military stocks to go into a sustained war with Russia,

A European NATO operation would not be a WW1 style war of attrition

But Europe is not suggesting a direct war.

the only hope is that the U.S will not back away from us. Russia has been stockpiling its military capabilities for years whilst Europe have been depleting theirs for the same amount of time. Europe has the money to alter this but it doesnt help because it takes years to receive the tanks and planes from the date of ordering. We are a few years away from re arming and becoming a threat without the U.S

So what you are saying is that Trump has put Russia in a strong position.

Trump is an ally of Putin

you support Trump…..why would you support somebody who is making a brutal dictator more powerful

 

[Highway Man]

It is really very simple:


the trickling tap is enough to stop Russia making major advances, but not enough to repel the invaders.
stopping aid would allow Russia to materially advance

It’s really not hard, please use your brain

Ok matey, its really simple

 

[Highway Man]

Fiona Bruce keeps asking me but i can't spare the time. Bloody woman keeps pestering, though; up a bloody ladder at 3 in t'morning, bangin' on t'window. You'd be a shoe-in, however, with your extensive military background...why would you deprive the nation of your encyclopedic knowledge of all things Russian?

Because I am not the one who starts a post off with. "Rubbish" and then continues with silly name calling then gives a bizzarre reply. I think the public would find you totally amusing for the telly.

 

[Odds]

Because I am not the one who starts a post off with. "Rubbish" and then continues with silly name calling then gives a bizzarre reply. I think the public would find you totally amusing for the telly.

You started by saying

Russia had cold war stocks coming out of their ears. They still have thousands more tanks and equipment to throw away. Even 2 more years from now, on current trajectory,
i dont think it will look that different. The point is that Europe has not got the military stocks to go into a sustained war with Russia, the only hope is that the U.S will not back away from us. Russia has been stockpiling it's military capabilities for years whilst Europe have been depleting theirs for the same amount of time. Europe has the money to alter this but it doesnt help because it takes years to receive the tanks and planes from the date of ordering. We are a few years away from re arming and becoming a threat without the U.S.

so i replied with analysis from the ISW saying

The Institute for the Study of War says...

Russia has maintained its offensives by tapping its Soviet-era stocks of armored vehicles and artillery systems to compensate for these high loss rates, but this resource is finite and approaching a point of diminishing availability. IISS assessed that Russia refurbished and built over 1,500 tanks and 2,800 IFVs and APCs in 2024 — suggesting that Russia produced enough vehicles to replace all of IISS's estimated tank losses and three quarters of IISS's assessed Russian armored vehicle losses in 2024.[10] Other open-source assessments of Russian military depots using satellite imagery find that Russia retains 47 percent of its pre-war tank reserves, 52 percent of its pre-war IFV reserves, and 45 percent of its pre-war APC reserves in storage as of December 2, 2024.[11] Some analysts forecast that Russia will run out of its Soviet-era equipment stockpiles by the end of 2025 or in 2026.[12] IISS also notably assessed that Russia may be suffering from a shortage of spare parts to refurbish tanks and armored vehicles. Significant portions of Russia’s Soviet-era tanks and armored vehicles remaining in long-term stores are likely the remains of cannibalized or unsalvageable hulls in deteriorated condition that cannot be used to offset the high equipment losses Russian could face in 2025 and beyond.

...Hiway man knows naught of what he spekes, the famous explorer.

Next.

Have you a secret source in the Kremlin to inform you of this analysis or just thinking out loud? Either way, it seems you don't like facts that contradict your unquoted source.

 

[Highway Man]

You started by saying



so i replied with analysis from the ISW saying


Have you a secret source in the Kremlin to inform you of this analysis or just thinking out loud? Either way, it seems you don't like facts that contradict your unquoted source.

Have you?

 

[Highway Man]

...Hiway man knows naught of what he spekes, the famous explorer.

Next.

Yes I can see you are really interested in a sensible debate,

 

[JohnD]

Have you?

It's not a secret that Russia is burning through its stocks of old material.

 

[Highway Man]

off you go then corporal clegg...enlighten us.

Here is another example of how you like to try to belittle anyone to attempt to put some credibility into your ramblings, I don't debate subjects with the likes of you as you are simply incapable of it without this sort of nonsense

 

[Highway Man]

It's not a secret that Russia is burning through its stocks of old material.

That's what I said, so you agree with me?

 

[Highway Man]

It's a public forum. Enlighten folk with you knowledge. Are you too scared?

No I am not here to enlighten a troll, Scared me? No I have complete inner peace, I am scared of no one and nothing. You might want to look up Carl Jung or Freud for that before you ask what I mean.