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Russian supporters keep saying that, but there is no indication of this being a real possibility in the near future. What if Ukraine can sustain the manpower losses for another 10 years? Can Russia’s economy and MIC sustain the war for 10 years as well? The West can easily support Ukraine for...

Russia is a monster of production because it refurbishes old Soviet equipment from storage. Once they run out of things to refurbish, their production levels will drop a lot. As for their allies, only China is a true manufacturing powerhouse, but so far they are unwilling to help Russia with...

Russia’s population is much higher than Ukraine’s, but wars are not won on population numbers alone. If you get to the point where you can’t equip your army with enough weapons, your capability to field capable troops hits a ceiling. While everyone is speaking about Ukraine running out of...

Unfortunatelly you are completely right. Hopefully the EU and some of the more involved European nations will have enough resources and determination to help Ukraine win the war in the end. Europe is slowly ramping up weapons manufacturing, while at the same time Russia is slowly exhausting its...

Yes, my base case scenario is that Ukraine will win in the end. Ukraine’s army is getting better equipment than before, while the European MIC is ramping up production capability. Russia is suffering tremendous equipment losses, and it won’t be long before they will run out of Soviet gear to...

It is almost a certainty that Ukraine will join NATO in the future. The amount of modern weapons and training invested in the Ukrainian military will not be wasted. After the war is over, Ukraine will have the most experienced army in Europe, and one of the most modern in terms of equipment, so...

Historically, it is much likelier for a dictator to lose power than for a nation to be anihilated, so I know where I would put my bets.

The problem for Iran is there is no winning option for them. If they make an attack that doesn’t inflict any meaningful damage to Israel (like the last time), their threats will not be taken seriously and people will doubt their ability to harm Israel. If they make a successful attack that...

Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of Russia’s neighboring Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of the lightning incursion. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi made the statement in...

There is talk about Ukrainians digging trenches on Russian territory, which would indicate that they plan to hold the territory, or at least defend it as much as they can to force high losses on the Russians when they try to take it back. It would be foolish to just retreat, because retaking...

This is why it is so dangerous to have a corrupt leader. Netanyahu is willing to destroy the country if necessary, just to remain longer in power, because once he loses power he may end up in prison. He doesn’t care about his country at all, he does what he does out of self interest.

And the media is trying hard to hide it. You won’t see such videos on news stations, while the October 7 attrocities have been shown on repeat for months. It’s a shame that the coverage of this is so biased. The same news channels that are ridiculing the Russians when they talk about nuking...

The level of radicalism and fanatism in some corners of the Israeli society can sometimes make the Taliban look moderate in comparison. This is Russian-level dementia here.

Good. Whenever there is talk about the use of nukes, it means the Russians are getting desperate and are no longer confident about the situation on the front. So let’s hope more and more talk about nukes in the following days.

Wrong. The economic uncompetitiveness means the military option is destined to fail. Wrong again. If I were the leader of Russia, I would set it on a path to become the wealthiest and most developed country in the world in 50 years time, but their low-IQ leaders are unable to do that. Wrong...

That’s because they are led by stupid people. An intelligent person would understand that the main concern for a counry like Russia should be to develop its economy and improve the standard of living and the education of its people. Once the country gets strong enough economically, the influence...

I totally agree with you. If the West is to collapse, it will happen because of overtaxation. If a great power wants to usurp the West, all it needs to do is to offer a low tax business friendly environment and attract investment. Productive people are fed up with the high taxation, and this is...

You are missing the big picture. You assume that these countries are safe by default, so it is easy for them. But the reality is that they’ve built this safety net by allowing huge amounts of foreign investments into their countries and getting themselves heavily integrated in the global...

You can call it “easy mode” if you like, but Iraq and Iran have plenty of oil and yet still lost the game on “easy mode”. Saddam was a nationalist and Khomeini a theocrat, and both had lots of oil, yet both failed. When you lead a country, you must achieve the maximum possible results under...

Actually there are not that many countries that achieved this, but there are some, and the UAE is the best example. I consider the UAE leaders to be some of the best statesman of the post WW2 world. The UAE and Singapore are the examples I always use when it comes to good leadership, when small...