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Post by adrianc on May 27, 2024 16:57:41 GMT
You're funny. Barking, but funny. At least provide some evidence? You have already stated the top line. My evidence is your own post which seemed to suggest the UK's contribution to Ukraine's war effort is not at the top of the list. Care to link to it? Let's see if it actually says what you claim it does...
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Post by overthehill on May 27, 2024 19:16:14 GMT
I believe he has predicted that the sun will come up tomorrow.
He's bound to get something right eventually.
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Post by michaelc on May 27, 2024 19:54:45 GMT
At least provide some evidence? You have already stated the top line. My evidence is your own post which seemed to suggest the UK's contribution to Ukraine's war effort is not at the top of the list. Care to link to it? Let's see if it actually says what you claim it does... www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/Copied from k6 which I think is the same link you posted originally to show the UK isn't the principle contributor to Ukraine's war effort.
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Post by michaelc on May 27, 2024 20:01:47 GMT
Any evidence for that? I'm currently on the fence as far as that guy is concerned.
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Post by registerme on May 27, 2024 20:10:46 GMT
I didn't know this (and michaelc, if you didn't you might be interested too). When Zelensky was elected President he inherited a lame duck parliament full of Poroshenko MPs. It was that parliament that passed the discriminatory anti-Russian language laws. Zelensky immediately called an election and his party won 254 seats (expecting 80). They immediately set about repealing / relaxing those laws passed by the Poroshenko government.
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Post by michaelc on May 27, 2024 20:37:34 GMT
I didn't know this (and michaelc , if you didn't you might be interested too). When Zelensky was elected President he inherited a lame duck parliament full of Poroshenko MPs. It was that parliament that passed the discriminatory anti-Russian language laws. Zelensky immediately called an election and his party won 254 seats (expecting 80). They immediately set about repealing / relaxing those laws passed by the Poroshenko government. If true that is interesting. My own experience (not been there since before the war) was plenty of evidence of language discrimination. I don't know whether that was a legacy of Poroshenko or not. I do believe it was a factor in Putin's aggression and frankly it should never have happened. There was never a "them and us" type of culture. All felt Ukranian regardless of how well they spoke Ukranian and regardless of whether they lived in the east, west or Kyiv. Like Wales IMO.
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Post by k6 on May 27, 2024 20:47:46 GMT
Countries allowed to use their weapon on Russian territory so far. -Sweden -Great Britain -Finland -Latvia -Lithuania -Estonia -Czech Republic
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Post by registerme on May 27, 2024 20:49:02 GMT
I'm reading Overreach at the moment. It's about the historical background and short term run up to the war. The author, Owen Matthews, has an interesting background. Fluent Russian speaker he's reported from Russia and Ukraine for 25 years. His extensive Russian and Ukrainian family background makes it (at least I think so) fairly balanced and nuanced.
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Post by adrianc on May 27, 2024 20:58:10 GMT
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Post by michaelc on May 27, 2024 21:02:53 GMT
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Post by angrysaveruk on May 27, 2024 21:45:16 GMT
Any evidence for that? I'm currently on the fence as far as that guy is concerned. Although I do not personally agree with everything he says on his podcast, he is widely considered to be the greatest Tank Commander in US history, knows ALOT about ground based warfare and has inside information on the situation in Ukraine. If you are looking for the truth about what is going on in Ukraine he is probably a better source of information than most - and no he is not working for Putin:
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Post by ilmoro on May 27, 2024 22:52:05 GMT
Any evidence for that? I'm currently on the fence as far as that guy is concerned. Although I do not personally agree with everything he says on his podcast, he is widely considered to be the greatest Tank Commander in US history, knows ALOT about ground based warfare and has inside information on the situation in Ukraine. If you are looking for the truth about what is going on in Ukraine he is probably a better source of information than most - and no he is not working for Putin: By who? He's certainly was a renown tactician and military thinker but Ive seen nothing that says that, other than him talking his own book. Modern state of the art US tanks take out outdated Iraqi tanks - geo-stabilised guns v hand cranked turrets - as acknowledged by MacMaster who is probably the actual officer responsible for the victory Macgregor is largely discredited by his subsequent career post army. He might be credible if he actually supported his arguments with evidence rather than sensationalist bombast.
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Post by angrysaveruk on May 28, 2024 8:31:10 GMT
Although I do not personally agree with everything he says on his podcast, he is widely considered to be the greatest Tank Commander in US history, knows ALOT about ground based warfare and has inside information on the situation in Ukraine. If you are looking for the truth about what is going on in Ukraine he is probably a better source of information than most - and no he is not working for Putin: By who? He's certainly was a renown tactician and military thinker but Ive seen nothing that says that, other than him talking his own book. Modern state of the art US tanks take out outdated Iraqi tanks - geo-stabilised guns v hand cranked turrets - as acknowledged by MacMaster who is probably the actual officer responsible for the victory Macgregor is largely discredited by his subsequent career post army. He might be credible if he actually supported his arguments with evidence rather than sensationalist bombast. Donald Trump considers him to be a Military Genius and wanted him to be Secretary of Defense which was blocked by deep state forces and he was made Senior Advisor to the Acting Secretary of Defense after Germany said they did not want him to be the US Ambassador. Israel Defense Force Chief Aviv Kochavi has also said he is a great military strategist and he has acted as an advisor to the IDF on tank strategy over a number of years.
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Post by ilmoro on May 28, 2024 10:40:18 GMT
By who? He's certainly was a renown tactician and military thinker but Ive seen nothing that says that, other than him talking his own book. Modern state of the art US tanks take out outdated Iraqi tanks - geo-stabilised guns v hand cranked turrets - as acknowledged by MacMaster who is probably the actual officer responsible for the victory Macgregor is largely discredited by his subsequent career post army. He might be credible if he actually supported his arguments with evidence rather than sensationalist bombast. Donald Trump considers him to be a Military Genius and wanted him to be Secretary of Defence which was blocked by deep state forces and he was made Senior Advisor to the Acting Secretary of Defense after Germany said they did not want him to be the US Ambassador. Israel Defence Force Chief Aviv Kochavi has also said he is a great military strategist and he has acted as an advisor to the IDF on tank strategy over a number of years. Yes, well we'll ignore Trump as he thinks everyone who agrees with him is a genius until they dont. Aviv Kochavi, career paratrooper, certainly was a fan of his thinking on force organization, book prescribed reading, not seen any evidence of advising on tank strategy, and probably not such a fan now Macgregor has been having a go at Israel and spreading rumours about failed SF ops. Not sure about his expertise on urban warfare & use of heavy IFV which is somewhat different from mobile desert warfare.
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Post by registerme on May 28, 2024 10:46:31 GMT
Is this the same Donald Trump that wanted to use a nuke to blow up a hurricane?
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