Quote from: Branko on Today at 06:31:29 PM

Quote from: cpu6502 on Today at 12:27:05 PM

Quote from: BADecker on Today at 11:02:24 AM

You think that Russia's only way to move in a war is with nukes. But they still have a million reserve troops, all ready and waiting for Nato to make a wrong move.

Problem is those "troops" are only good at killing unarmed civilians. A++++ star grade for that. Top of excellence. The crème de la crème. Pride of Russia.

However, when challenged against a real army, with weapons, the wheels quickly fall off.

Actually, no USA war had "better" killed soldier/civilian ratio...or just look at Israel,
Both USA and Israel are "collateral damage" champs, totally not caring about dead civilians
Considering amount of munition fired, Ukraine war is one of cleanest, despite whole
western media attempts to prove otherwise

The reason I continue to favor (very strongly) the Russians is that while they took off the ridiculously soft kid-gloves a while ago, they continue to demonstrate a high degree of military professionalism in the overall conduct of this thing. I have seen credible evidence of isolated war crimes by Russian forces on the battlefield. The question is, how are these handled within the military? I lack the visibility to know, and have no contacts who would.

Maybe the individual Russian soldiers who commit war crimes on the ground, or officers who do targeting in a criminal manner, are given honorable discharges and turned loose among the Russian people...like SPC Green https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmudiyah_rape_and_killings was from the U.S. military? I cannot rule it out, but my current perception of Putin's military leads me to believe that it isn't the standard operating procedure.

Russia is currently fighting in regions of Ukraine where the population supports them fairly strongly. That's probably part of the reason why they are mopping the floor with the ZioNazis...and, unfortunately, their hapless conscripts as well. I would not expect the professionalism displayed by the Russians to persist when the front-lines move across the Dnieper.