So russia has more dead soldiers in 2 weeks in ukraine then the usa in the whole iraq war...

@cycleman He's used to traveling first class.

@MarkPaul seeing how this war is going terrible agaisnt all predictions is gonna rattle the brass which is putins biggest allie so far.

but once more and more generals get suspended and dieing... that may well shift

@Bad4U Yeah, that's true.

@Alfarrobas well these soldiers all had a family... aa mother, a wife... it was always the russian mothers that became a problem for the leadership.... 1917... 1990...

@Alfarrobas They're human beings.

@Bad4U Yes. No words aggains that. But... hum... We dont' see all things the same.
Where some people see a person, other see a messia, others an heretic, others an enemy, others numbers, other a human being, others and abject creation, etc. So... yep.

@th3r0n i am pretty sure noone expects a ukrainian counter attack towards moscow

@hippyjoe1955 I am keeping an open mind, but Im not sure it is fake news. Time will tell.

@hippyjoe1955 beasically because ukraine claims it killed 12k russians which is to much. most sources like nato generals and chinese military report 6-7k killed russians. and even the most conservative russian friendly state medias like syria and cuba report 4-5k dead russians. so yeah everyone of those numbers is bigger... and as for the killed generals not even russia is hiding that its offical russian state media.

@Bad4U Hiding or simply not making up a false story. The fog of war is very thick right now and the need for Ukraine and the west to exaggerate the Russian losses is immense. I simply don't believe any numbers that come from anyone involved. Simply too much pressure to make them up.

@Jenna76 If only he had access to a "stable genius."

@vetguy1991 i take your word for it... no experience like that myself. but the ukraines definitely putting up a fight

@Bad4U very much so

@Bad4U We honestly don't know. Russia is not doing the American style of war which has completely flummoxed the American press. They only understand 'shock and awe' and are at a complete loss to explain 'encounter and encircle'. Both achieve their goal. However the shock and awe is much more destructive of property and civilian life while encounter and encircle takes longer and there are higher losses of military lives. That aside the reporting out of Ukraine has been so hysterical as Ukraine tries to get NATO to intervene we really have no idea what the actual numbers are. All we do know is Ukraine's forces have been encircled and they are given an avenue to leave if they are not nazis. The Ukrainian nazis are having a difficult time of it.

@Darksideinthenight2 You're missing the point... China is just as dependent on the world as the world is on China... possibly more. It is possible for the world to relocate outside of China... they're in a fix.

@Darksideinthenight2 That's not really a problem. Sure, the best of all worlds would be if everyone acted reasonably. And, it takes just 1 ego-maniac to throw everything off balance. But, once that balance is thrown off, there are plenty of paths to a solution. The key is to keep fear and emotional outrage in check and advance with moderation. It's easy to start wars; not so easy to retreat from them. Putin has obviously not learned this. So far, it seems the rest of the world has.