Russian Bully Wakes Up

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Sun May 8 17:21:29 UTC 2022


https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1523302484084670464?s=21&t=DW25UOaAFkBsLxQAHuORHg

The nearer Russia approaches to defeat, the more urgently Russia's friends
in the West will urge a cut-off of aid to Ukraine in the name of "peace,"
ie rescuing Putin (and them) from a debacle of Putin's (and their) making
...

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1523298594400641024?s=21&t=DW25UOaAFkBsLxQAHuORHg

Russian bully wakes up to realization of what it has done to itself: "[W]e
don't have modern weapons and equipment in our reserves. Sending people
armed with weapons of yesteryear ... to fight against global standard NATO
weapons ...."

Senior military expert on Russian state TV argued that mobilization [draft]
wouldn't accomplish a whole lot, since outdated weaponry can't easily
compete with NATO-supplied weapons and equipment in Ukraine's hands and
replenishing Russia's military arsenal will be neither fast nor easy.


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