Durham's answer pleading on 4/24/22, very interesting as it seems there are a lot of subtle warnings, that if you keep going down this path, we have a lot more than you know. Durham trapped them again.
https://twitter.com/HansMahncke/status/1519051547665125376?s=20&t=x1msuYxisDykuETYy6VzMw
Long Tweet thread from Gonzalo LiraPart 1 of 2
Gonzalo Lira@GonzaloLira1968
Quick recap for those who haven't followed what's been going on in Ukraine but want to understand: 02/24: The Russians invaded from the south, south-east, east and north, in a lightning campaign. The Russians invaded with 190K troops—against 250K combat troops from Ukraine. 1/
The RF put 30K troops near Kiev—nowhere near enough to capture the city—but enough to pin down some 100K AFU defenders. The RF also launched several axes of attack, with reinforcements on standby (including a famed 40km long tank column), to see where they might be needed. 2/
Crucially—the Russian's blitz on several axes pre-empted an imminent UKRAINIAN blitzkrieg. ►The AFU had been about to invade the Donbas This was the immediate motivation for Russia's invasion: To beat them to the punch and scuttle Ukraine's imminent invasion—which they did 3/
Also, byattacking from the north and south, the Russians disrupted weapons supply chain from NATO. Had the RF only attacked in the east to prevent the AFU invasion of Donbas, there would have been an open corridor for resupply from the West. Threatening Kiev stopped that. 4/
So the main AFU army was left stranded in east Ukraine, with the rest of the Ukr. forces isolated and pinned down—with no easy resupply from the West The RF then went about hitting AFU command/control and resupply links, further isolating and immobilizing Ukrainian forces. 5/
The Russians soon nominally controlled land the size of the UK in Ukraine—but it was a tenuous control. The south of Ukraine was more fully in Russia's grip. The AFU around Kherson simply scattered. Mariupol became a clear battleground, as did the Donbas proper. 6/
What the Russians initially wanted was to: ►Short-circuit the imminent Donbas invasion—which they did. ►Scare the Zelensky regime into negotiating a political settlement—which they failed to do. 7/
(two missing tweets)
The Russians kept negotiating—and trying to NOT destroy Ukraine infrastructure. In fact at first they were even trying to minimize AFU casualties. The evidence for this is overwhelming: The RF did not hit civilian infrastructure—water, electric, phone, transportation. 10/
They did not hit AFU barracks, command centers, government buildings, etc. The Russians' initial priority was for a negotiated settlement. But by late March, they realized this was impossible. 11/
This is why the RF withdrew from Kiev. There was no sense putting men near the city when they were not doing what they were supposed to—putting political pressure on the Zelensky regime to negotiate. This withdrawal was claimed as a “victory” in the “Battle of Kiev”! lmao 12/
Starting in late March, the Russians pulled back and solidified their control over the area they had captured, ceding to the AFU areas that were either pointless to or potentially too costly to control. The Ukraine propaganda machine called all these pull-backs “victories”. 13/
There was still a glimmer that the war might end in a negotiated settlement—but that ended in early April. After the Istanbul talks of 3/30, the Ukraine side gingerly agreed to some compromises—but within a week publicly disavowed those concessions. 14/
That's when the Russians realized the Zelensky regime was agreement-incapable:Their Washington masters—Victoria Nuland and Anthony Blinken in particular—wouldn't allow a peace. They want this war to sap Russia dry. It is a classic proxy war—and Ukraine will pay the price. 15/
Something else the Russians realized: Sanctions. They hurt—but Russia bounced back with remarkable speed. They didn't really hurt that bad. But the theft of Russia's $300 billion in foreign reserves by the West DID hurt—badly. 16/
https://twitter.com/GonzaloLira1968/status/1518899800548290561?s=20&t=x1msuYxisDykuETYy6VzMw
==Long Tweet thread from Gonzalo Lira= Part 2 of 2
The Russians realized they were in a total war with the West—and since their foreign reserves were lost forever (likely to be pilfered by corrupt Western politicos), the Russians now have nothing left to lose.By stealing their reserves, the West lost all power over Russia. 17/
This has sealed Ukraine's fate: The Russians now have no incentive to give up what they have conquered. It has cost them too much—in terms of men and treasure. And they know that they can't negotiate a ceasefire—the Zelensky regime will simply break it later. Which means— 18/
The Russians intend to conquer and permanently annex all the south and east of Ukraine. This is why their strategy on the battlefield has dramatically shifted: Now they are carrying out a slow, methodical grinding down and destruction of the AFU. 19/
The war in the first 30 days was speed—feints—nominally capturing vast swathes of Ukraine territory, with the aim of pressuring the Zelensky regime into a negotiated settlement. But the West's total financial and political break with Russia means they have nothing to lose. 20/
And they have a lot to gain: The Donbas is mineral rich, the really productive farmlands of Ukraine are in the east and south, Kharkov is a major industrial city, the Sea of Azov has untold natural gas reserves. And besides—the people love them. 21/
Why would the Russians now give up this hard-won prize?And they have won—make no mistake. Ask any military man who is not a system pig, he'll tell you: There is no way for the AFU to retake their country. They have no armor, no air defense, no fuel, no comms—it's over. 22/
Thegreat tragedy is that so many THOUSANDS of young men will die—and die NEEDLESSLY!!—in order to postpone the inevitable. These brave boys will have fought so valiantly—and died so young, so cruelly—because of the evil of the Zelensky regime. That's the hard truth. 23/
And in the end, this will be the map that will remain—a bitter image of Ukraine's future. Russia will pour billions into their newly acquired territory. It will prosper and flourish. But the rump-state of Ukraine will be left poor, destroyed, forgotten— A tragedy. 24/24
https://twitter.com/GonzaloLira1968/status/1518899800548290561?s=20&t=x1msuYxisDykuETYy6VzMw
>>16165172 @DeptofDefense -@SecDef: Ukraine’s valor and skill will go down in military history. The Battle of Iwo Jima took 36 days.
Austin, Milley and Blinken should be charged with war crimes.
Do this evil leaders ever have remorse on the lives they've killed and the lies they tell all the time. Honestly I disdain these creatures, especially when we know that it's all about their payout for arms manufacturers.
May God judge each and every one of them, for never trying to maintain Peace and Stability in all nations.Their judgement from God will be swift and severe.
Fortunately I think the majority of Americans don't believe them, at least the ones that haven't been brainwashed and lost forever.
Torba sounds extremely arrogant, and when they have extreme arrogance they are hiding something imo. Never cared for his pandering and alternate anger/arrogance
>>16166047, >>16166192, >>16166198 Twitter just unverified GAB, removes blue check mark
Does anyone see the irony of Torba maintaining a twitter account when he has his own platform? Was he using it to market GAB, or what? At least they didn't deplatform him, now he's one of the normies. That probably pisses him off.
Remember when POTUS said he negotiated the price and saved a lot for the US, on the two new AIR FORCE 1s, HE DID
Marcus Weisgerber@MarcusReports
BREAKING: Boeing CEO David Calhoun says company executives should not have agreed to former President Trump’s terms for the new Air Force One.The company today announced it lost $660M building the two planes
11:39 AM · Apr 27, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
https://twitter.com/MarcusReports/status/1519346514505744387?s=20&t=iQ9fb44gp14NIzm0A2nxsw