Russia Ukraine China & U.S. - a NEW puzzle - Col Doug Macgregor (Judging Freedom)

These interviews are valuable because of the wider systemic issues they bring up. MacGregor lets us know that the US is governed by (neocon) ideologues who see opposing views as heresy. The same is true when it comes to other sectors in society and government where people who are more centred on CRT ideology hold sway - no real debate or analysis is allowed!

The problem with the war in Ukraine is that peace talks are not being allowed by the ideologues. They likely know that Putin is not some evil dictator, not the cartoon representation they push in the media, and continue, hell bent, on pushing their own hegemonic agenda. And so the war goes on, which will now be resolved on the battlefield.

In terms of the battlefield situation MacGregor points out that Bakhmut is a key position and if it falls it opens up the possibility of a more rapid advance for the Russians since it sits atop, or near, main supply routes. The most important point in terms of the fighting itself is that anything substantial that moves near to the front lines is monitored by Russian satellites and drones. There is no such thing as a surprise attack.

He points out that any major build up of Ukrainian forces to within 10 to 15 kms of the front is wiped out with artillery so that whatever is sent has trouble making into the fight. (There are numerous videos of this sort of action). Of course the Ukrainians also have the benefit of US satellites but they don't have the artillery to knock out Russian (including Wagner PMC) forces. So they can see what is happening but cannot really stop it. The reverse is true with the Russian side (that has thousands of artillery pieces available to them and very many thousands of tanks that can be used in a similar capacity, this is aside from their frontline T-72M, T-80, T-90 tanks).

The remaining part of the interview goes over US four star generals and admirals being political animals and not being forthcoming when they should be, and talking too much to the media about policy when they should be more focused on their actual readiness or be silent.

Don't back the neocons or any political group that supports them (because they are sellouts to insane ideologically driven war mongers).

Addendum: One further thing to note about Ukrainian losses is that some of their battalions have suffered 80-100% casualty rates, as admitted by survivors. That such numbers even appear shows the unsustainable level of attrition they are suffering.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, March 31, 2023.]