How deep does the rot in the Russian army go?
It amazes me how much everyone seems to eat up all the propaganda without even realizing it.<p>Every day, there are stories about how worthless the Russian military are, how hopeless their war is, how they&#x27;re losing and Putin&#x27;s in trouble, desperate, and idiotic.<p>And maybe that&#x27;s all true, I dunno.  It&#x27;s actually pretty hard to tell how the war is actually going for any side, given all the propaganda.<p>But, Russia seems to be doing a lot of damage and holding at least some territory despite basically the entire world (except for Russia&#x27;s apparent allies in this new Non-Western Axis, mostly China and Iran) providing historic amounts of military might.  Sure, no troops (yet), but lots and lots of firepower.<p>I mean, maybe Putin is a dummy and maybe the Russian military is rotting from the inside, but they&#x27;ve been at this for two months and so far nobody&#x27;s been able to make them stop.  Even though every single day I read a story about how Russia is just about to lose.<p>Propaganda is powerful, but it&#x27;s not healthy to believe your own side&#x27;s propaganda any more than it is to believe the enemy&#x27;s.