Why Is the Russian Army So Weak?

[ContinentalPsyOp]

This twitter thread from a Russia expert living in Russia might explain why.

 

[pecksniff]

Mainly because of oligarchs skimming off the funding.

 

[mayfly13]

Paul Buchanan (expert in security politics) suspects that it's not that the Russian Army is weak.

The Five Eyes branch in Australia (the most technically advanced Intelligence in the world) is now heavily involved.
Jamming Russian transmissions, etc.

fantastic podcast, btw

 

[Dribble]

Because Russian soldiers have no reason to fight. No motivation.

 

[ContinentalPsyOp]

Mainly because of oligarchs skimming off the funding.

You should read the twitter thread I linked; that is not it at all.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Because Russian soldiers have no reason to fight. No motivation.

And many were sent to massacre family and friends in the neighboring nation.

 

[pecksniff]

And many were sent to massacre family and friends in the neighboring nation.

That's another thing -- Putin is right in seeing the Russian and Ukrainian cultures as very similar, but he appears to have overlooked the corollary -- that the two societies are very intertwined, down the family level. There are a lot of Ukrainians in Russia, a lot of Russians in Ukraine, and a lot of families with ties to both nations.

 

[ContinentalPsyOp]

Paul Buchanan (expert in security politics) suspects that it's not that the Russian Army is weak.

When was the last time this guy was even in Russia? Ukraine? This video is just non-Europeans blathering.

 

[ContinentalPsyOp]

That's another thing -- Putin is right in seeing the Russian and Ukrainian cultures as very similar, but he appears to have overlooked the corollary -- that the two societies are very intertwined, down the family level. There are a lot of Ukrainians in Russia, a lot of Russians in Ukraine, and a lot of families with ties to both nations.

That's why they sent conscripts from the East, and are now shipping in 16,000 Syrians to fight die for Russia in Ukraine

 

[pecksniff]

That's why they sent conscripts from the East, and are now shipping in 16,000 Syrians to fight die for Russia in Ukraine

They're probably grateful to be out of Syria.

 

[ContinentalPsyOp]

It will be 60 Fahrenheit, 16 Celsius in Damascus this Saturday.

Kharkiv, Ukraine: 30 F, -1 C.

Pack ya winter parkas, boys! Hope Syrians know how to fight in snowshoes!

 

[Dribble]

That's another thing -- Putin is right in seeing the Russian and Ukrainian cultures as very similar, but he appears to have overlooked the corollary -- that the two societies are very intertwined, down the family level. There are a lot of Ukrainians in Russia, a lot of Russians in Ukraine, and a lot of families with ties to both nations.

And why this is what the US should capitalize on. Nothing like giving your enemy the means to destroy you

 

[Dribble]

That's why they sent conscripts from the East, and are now shipping in 16,000 Syrians to fight die for Russia in Ukraine

Perfect time for start stirring shit back in Syria

 

[pecksniff]

You should read the twitter thread I linked; that is not it at all.

That thread says the Russians lack experience fighting conventional wars. But, so do the Ukrainians.

 

[PaxNurgle]

This twitter thread from a Russia expert living in Russia might explain why.

Ask Botany Boy (aka Gothtalk) or Shybiguy (aka Bud Spencer.) They'll tell you it's because their army is "Feminized" because of "Cultural Marxism" and have too many homosexuals in their ranks. Or whatever the fuck those two are blathering on about.

But seriously the article about them lacking experience fighting conventional wars is a good point. I think they underestimated the resolve and resources of the Ukranians fighting a defensive war.

 

[ContinentalPsyOp]

That thread says the Russians lack experience fighting conventional wars. But, so do the Ukrainians.

"Oligarchs skimming funding" (your version of tl; dr for that thread) is not the problem and not accurate.
The Ukrainians are, as noted in the thread, hardened from fighting the Russian "Separatists" in the Donbas for the last eight years.

 

[ContinentalPsyOp]

But seriously the article about them lacking experience fighting conventional wars is a good point. I think they underestimated the resolve and resources of the Ukranians fighting a defensive war.

The parts of the thread discussing the devaluation of the army in Russian society to prop up an East-German-like, Stasi-like domestic regime, and omnipresent Russian Organized Crime (called "thieves" in the thread) extorting the military, are probably much more of a detriment.

 

[pecksniff]

"Oligarchs skimming funding" (your version of tl; dr for that thread) is not the problem and not accurate.

How not accurate? It's well-documented that they've been doing it. Russia is a kleptocracy.

 

[ContinentalPsyOp]

How not accurate? It's well-documented that they've been doing it.

Read the thread. It'll give you a bigger perspective. The "o" word doesn't appear once

 

[ContinentalPsyOp]

Russia has weak economy with nothing to lose. China on the other hand just watched how it all unfolds with no boots on the ground.

Russia has everything to lose, that is clearly laid out in the thread linked to in the original post. If you read to the conclusions, you would not have said this.

China's economy depends on the world buying their cheap, slave-made products. Screwing up the global economy even more than the Wuhan Virus already did--not something in China's interest, but, go off.

 

[pecksniff]

Russia has everything to lose

No, Putin has everything to lose.

 

[mayfly13]

My heart is literally pounding and I'm shaking a bit.
Russians have breached Kyiv and they will most likely win.
And it's not just me being from Eastern Europe, everybody feels the same.

Fuck your incompetent American leaders.
They could have legally imposed a no fly zone Before Putin invaded.
And they knew damn well that Ukrainians will be defeated, their 'support' and 'brave Ukrainians' was just for show.

 

[ContinentalPsyOp]

My heart is literally pounding and I'm shaking a bit.

If you read the thread linked in the Original Post, you will gain a more logical perspective on the situation.

 

[ContinentalPsyOp]

No, Putin has everything to lose.

Perhaps focusing on only one person (Putin, Trump, Zelensky, Biden, Trudeau, Obama) as the "Big Bad" is one of the reasons many westerners are unable to grasp and understand these complex issues, and thus would greatly benefit from the clear, concise thread linked in the original post.

 

[Champakian]

My heart is literally pounding and I'm shaking a bit.
Russians have breached Kyiv and they will most likely win.
And it's not just me being from Eastern Europe, everybody feels the same.

Fuck your incompetent American leaders.
They could have legally imposed a no fly zone Before Putin invaded.
And they knew damn well that Ukrainians will be defeated, their 'support' and 'brave Ukrainians' was just for show.

No one blames the Biden.
No one out-strategizes the Biden.
No one has restored faith in and respect of the US like the Biden.
You are clearly a Communist plant trying to spread disinformation and disunity in the allies.

I'll bet you even doubt the efficacy of an ice-cream summit and the Biden's ability to unite traditional enemies...

You are a very bad player in this passion play; a regular Judas.
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