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Just a front to mobilize Russian while putting veil over heads of same Russians. Oh don’t worry Ivan it’s not a mobilization, but just an increase in our army size…
Getting soldiers is easy. Giving them warm clothes, good boots and enough to eat is a while different story. >

Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics. 
People give NATO a lot of shit because 80% of their military forces are non-combat arms but there’s a reason why we can sustain multi-decade major combat ops in Iraq and Afghanistan while Russia can’t supply its troops inside a nation it shares a land boarder with. POG pride baby! >

Well the US army is under 500k whereas the Russian army on one of their borders has just under 1M men. Their army is currently larger than the US army by quite a bit. Does the US have equipment and manpower to (if this article is accurate) triple the size of their army in less than a year? Probably... Lol... It is however a massive undertaking. >

500k on active duty and another 500k in the organized reserves. So yes the US Army could double its size. That said, after the 20-year cluster fuck that was Iraq/Afghanistan the US has zero stomach for another ground war and what we’re doing in Ukraine is exactly what we should be doing providing logistical, intelligence, and material support without any US troops. >

That makes good sense. I had googled active US troops and it was 485k or something.
I agree, however Ukraine will run out of manpower long before Russia will... Even trading 20:1... So economic crash is best hope to emd the war. >

That is far from true. Ukraine's population is 44 million. And Russia's is around 143m. Russia's economy and political system will completely collapse well before they come close to using the extent of their population for the war. They already have millions who have fled, and it's relatively early in the war still. 
Ukraine's current economic and political focus however is currently defeating Russia. I'd venture to say even at a 1:1 loss. Ukraine will be far victorious, and the west is seeing that. Hence the immense support now as opposed to the first few months where Ukraine was expected to fall. >

45 mil* >

Cheers, I edited it. Tbf I also overshot Russia >

Yes this is an excellent use of scarce state resources in a country with huge economic and social issues. >

Even worse for them,  they are gutting the age group they need to solve their population decline problem. This war is going to exasperate it significantly. >

The demographic challenges are why they are doing this now.
This is the last generation of ethnic Russians large enough to try this. >

And professionally trained soldiers are becoming precious commodity as majority of new recruits (forced conscripts) are thrown first into battle and lucky if they are provided with minimum trainings and equipment if at all. >

It's essentially becoming like imperial guard... you survive a week after conscription, you are now a elite veteran >

At least the imperial guard has the excuse of fighting literally demonic invasions, biosphere devouring space locusts that create bio monsters 8 stories tall, dark space elves with significantly more advanced technology, metal skeletons that use weapons that break you apart at a literally molecular level, and a literal bioweapon know as the orks created by the single most advanced race in the galaxy's history before they were exterminated. What is ruzzia fighting? A much smaller country with generation old technology >

What Sci-fi series is this? >

Warhammer 40k. A very satirical take on sci fi utopias where everything is horrific, and a medieval peasant would have lived a better life than 95% of the humans in the 40k universe. Definitely worth learning about, I recommend watching some Luetin videos on youtube if you want to get started on it. >

Perfect answer! I’ll start watching. Thank you! >

Awesome! Enjoy the wild ride of 40k! >

putin is not the cause and not much would change. russia itself is an issue. >

Maybe his successor would not be keen on contunuing pointless war. Especially since he can blame Putin for everything. >


who? navalny? he's as imperialist as putin.

No, Navalniy has zero chance. Any of Putin cronies who wants to live better life than before war, and gain popularity by blaming Putin for everything. Something like destalinisation which was done by Kruschev, who was conesidered one of the most loyal stalinists while Stalin was alive. Right now the only person which benefits from this war is Putin, who gets to live indefinitely as long as he keeps sacrificing everything and everyone else.
Also you can be imperialist and still be smart enough not to start any wars. >

Sounds like a lot, but the increase is actually only 150,000 from the official figure.
Watching what's happening in Ukraine, one does wonder where the "million" are... >

In black uniforms in Moscow, to keep civil order and prevent a coup. >

Imagine being a riot suppression officer in Russia and thinking you're the good guy. Insane.
Then again, maybe Russians know they are genocidal fucks, would explain their complete lack of disregard for human life. >

He wants more than Ukraine. >

Basically all the soviet states plus Poland, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Istanbul, all Balken states and Alaska plus few I forgot. >

Imagine the absolute shitshow if they tried to invade Alaska, and the war stayed conventional lmao >

I dare Orssia to start another front with US. They claim already they are at war with US and NATO. Just attack alaska for fun! I dare you! >

I don't even think the army would have to do anything. I doubt they could make it past the navy and airforce >

Japan alone would be like on Oktoberfest party if war started there. I think Japan are still at war with Orssia. >

Back to 1917, when ruzzians were fighting with hatchets, knifes and brooms. While a few Germans with guns took hundred and hundreds of them. The tradition continues >

Good luck with that, broke-ass third world country >

2nd world. Russia's the 2nd world country >

The Soviet Union was the 2nd world country.  Russia is a poor gas station. >

with broken pump >

...and a dead clerk. >

not dead.. he's on crocodyl >

Let's compromise; walking dead. >

seconded >

More meat for the grinder. >

Blood for the blood gods! >

Recruiting officer: Hey guys, I think there’s a hole in this bucket. >

Russia would be more effective with zombies than its “soldiers” >

Seems like they're going for the Zap Brannigan strategy.  Hoping the Ukraine kill-bots shut down at 999,999. >

It will be the largest force of drunks and crooks the world has ever seen (outside of Washington). >

This made me laugh >

Meanwhile the US has thousands of pieces of equipment it can give to Ukraine. Truly frustrating to see them dragging their heels. >

Reasons. Like "how to hurt Russia the most without going over a line that forces Nato to actually get involved". So long as Russia keeps pouring resources into a battle it's not winning, this is as far as the help will go. Plus the amount of intelligence gained from this is a huge win for Nato, they're getting to see firsthand just how (in)effective Russia's army really is. >

I don’t see how it’s a good thing. I want to see a Ukrainian victory, not a long, bloody slog until one side becomes too exhausted to go on. >

A 'quick' Ukrainian victory would require direct intervention by Nato. At the start of the invasion, that would have probably meant escalation into a world war, which as it turns out, Russia would have lost (but no one really knew that for sure), assuming China didn't get involved, because a European ground war would be a perfect moment for China to seize Taiwan. Who do you want to feed to the wolves?
Nato (American) people have been preparing Ukraine for this, for at least the last 5 years. >

The US military’s doctrine is to have the power to fight and defeat two great powers at once (specifically China and ruSSia). >

If it works. But you're really willing to take the entire planet into a world war for what is admittedly a small-scale conflict? Chicken is a fun game until no one blinks. >

This sub is rife with warmongering sociopathic masked as clout chasing international solidarity. We learn nothing from the past. The whataboutists would call me a Russia apologist. I just know how to spot us getting back to our same old bullshit.