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November 9, 2023
Ukraine Open Thread 2023-266

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@149 “One of the greatest strategical mistakes made by the West in this war was thinking that the Russians had to end it quickly.”
I have to agree with you on this point.

Posted by: canuck | Nov 12 2023 12:51 utc | 301

@149 “One of the greatest strategical mistakes made by the West in this war was thinking that the Russians had to end it quickly.”
I have to agree with you on this point.

Posted by: canuck | Nov 12 2023 12:51 utc | 302

@gT #140:

While the Russian forces in the Ukraine conflict are definitely more efficient at killing their opponents with a like 10:1 casualty ratio in Russia’s favour…

Only complete fucking idiots believe that.

Posted by: S | Nov 12 2023 18:17 utc | 303

@gT #140:

While the Russian forces in the Ukraine conflict are definitely more efficient at killing their opponents with a like 10:1 casualty ratio in Russia’s favour…

Only complete fucking idiots believe that.

Posted by: S | Nov 12 2023 18:17 utc | 304

@theo #137:

Everyone wrote about several months how Prigozhin and Lotus (А.О.Елизаров) are inseparable. Where Lotus is there is also Prigo. Where Prigo is there is also Lotus. Siamese Twins. It was said that they even slept in the same bed, they were also said to have eaten from the same plate and they were also said the have shared evry day a toothbrush.

Really? Haven’t seen anyone writing that, let alone “everyone.”

Posted by: S | Nov 12 2023 18:19 utc | 305

@theo #137:

Everyone wrote about several months how Prigozhin and Lotus (А.О.Елизаров) are inseparable. Where Lotus is there is also Prigo. Where Prigo is there is also Lotus. Siamese Twins. It was said that they even slept in the same bed, they were also said to have eaten from the same plate and they were also said the have shared evry day a toothbrush.

Really? Haven’t seen anyone writing that, let alone “everyone.”

Posted by: S | Nov 12 2023 18:19 utc | 306

An American Sikh, Daleep Singh, operating from the Treasury and the national security adviser’s office, seems to have been one of the primary architects of the “sanctions from Hell” that would crush the RF economy and end the SMO:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-economic-sanctions-ukraine-60-minutes-2022-03-20/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daleep_Singh#cite_note-33
With as bonus a mystery incident followed by leave of absence and then change of employment:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/26/biden-sanctions-coordinator-white-house/

Posted by: John Kennard | Nov 13 2023 1:18 utc | 307

An American Sikh, Daleep Singh, operating from the Treasury and the national security adviser’s office, seems to have been one of the primary architects of the “sanctions from Hell” that would crush the RF economy and end the SMO:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-economic-sanctions-ukraine-60-minutes-2022-03-20/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daleep_Singh#cite_note-33
With as bonus a mystery incident followed by leave of absence and then change of employment:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/26/biden-sanctions-coordinator-white-house/

Posted by: John Kennard | Nov 13 2023 1:18 utc | 308