watso read about 4% growth in MoA .. and wondered where the figure came from ..
Yep. Russia’s economy is so battered that it is headed toward 4% growth, its defense industry is out producing Europe and the United States combined, it is manufacturing new, more deadly drones and the stores across Russia are filled to the brim. If that is “battered” give me some.
SANCTIONS WORKING A TREAT ..
anyway, there is still hope for ukraine if they change strategy .. just go on the defensive and eventually force russia to the negotiating table ..
Ukraine’s shift from offense to defense would limit the continuing loss of its soldiers, enable it to direct more resources to long-term defense and reconstruction, and shore up Western support by demonstrating that Kyiv has a workable strategy aimed at attainable goals. Over the longer term, this strategic pivot would make it clear to Russia that it cannot simply hope to outlast Ukraine and the West’s willingness to support it. That realization may eventually convince Moscow to move from the battlefield to the negotiating table —
a move that would be to Ukraine’s ultimate advantage, since diplomacy offers the most realistic path for ending not only the war but also, over the long term, Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territory.
UKRAINE CAN GRAB VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT ..simply by going on the defensive
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/11/urging-ukraine-to-sue-for-peace.html#more ..
ST POOTS IS MR POPULARITY ..
Watso cannot find the link now .. but st poots has 79% support in russia - which is sky high compared to the dismal polling for the likes of macron, scholze, sunak etc
china.. bricks is the future ..
europe/america plundering african resources .. indeed also plundering australias resources ..
australia should have an independent foreign policy - advocated by the great paul keating
