GOP_Tiger

I just finished The Stormlight Archive and I have to say that I was very disappointed in the end of Wind and Truth.

It's not fair for Brandon Sanderson to ask people to read 6,000 pages to complete "the first arc" of the story, and then to leave those readers with a bunch of cliffhangers. Very unsatisfying. And there are several things that do not make sense at all.

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If Zelensky isn't implicated in the corruption probe, then there's no crisis, and that's good, because Ukraine didn't need a crisis like that.

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Have Israel, UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the populace organize to commit the ground war aspect with our assets as air support. Isreal would obviously provide the greatest troop strength to ground operations, but if the above mentioned countries could also provide their spec ops and other elite teams to very specific ground targets and missions it could work. You'll never take and hold all territory in a country as large as Iran, but if they concentrated their elite units on specific missions against IRGC they'd make the most headway at toppling the regime.

It's clear we'll need some sort of force on the ground, there's just too many things airplanes and giant ships can't accomplish - like infiltrating bunkers and tunnel systems and destroying the hidden equipment and people within, or taking out leaders on the move and hidden in safe houses. A quick-deploy team of a few hundred elite Isrealis, Emiratis, Saudis, Kuwaitis, etc that can move in and get out quickly would wreck shop and destroy IRGC morale.

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The Gulf nations won't even commit air power. They're so desperate to keep their hands clean, which is part of President Trump's frustration with them. There's exactly zero chance of them committing ground forces.

I want to mention this from a recent ISW update:

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NEW: Ukrainian forces are reconnoitering and interdicting Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) in and near occupied Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast (about 105 kilometers from the frontline), demonstrating increased capabilities as part of Ukraine’s intensifying mid-range strike campaign.

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Here's a link to the related video: LINK

We talk a lot about the strategic importance of the increasing Ukrainian ability to conduct long-range drone strikes across much of Russia ... and that's all true.

But we don't talk nearly enough about the increasing dominance of Ukrainian mid-range drones. If smaller Ukrainian drones can consistently interdict Russian logistics at the 100-mile range, and if Ukraine is similarly able to maintain its recent progress in destroying Russian air defense systems using these drones at that range ... well, there are a number of implications, but the biggest is that Russia will struggle to supply and defend troops in Crimea and the "land bridge" across southern Ukraine.

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IRGC is about to get wrecked part deaux

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I honestly don't think anything happens until after President Trump meets with Xi.

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There's a lot of talk about how some in the Trump administration want to disengage from the Iran war out of concerns over the midterms. I hope those people realize that nothing will hurt in the midterms more than if gas prices are high AND we've washed out hands of the Iran war without a clear victory.

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Absolutely. The best thing that Trump can do to help the GOP in the midterms is WIN.

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I don't doubt that Russia can 'wage' a war beyond Ukraine.

I doubt that they can win one.

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They can't, and everyone who's honest knows it. The minute that Russia tries to attack a NATO country, NATO jets get air dominance over Crimea, and Ukraine takes it back. Russia absolutely cannot divert any significant resources away from the current conflict, and it will not be able to do so for at least the next five years.

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WARNING: For those readers that wish to maintain their Trump Denial Syndrome for at least one more day, stop reading now.

Place your hand over these posts and keep an eye on the left as you scroll down to the end. This will prevent any further anxiety caused by reality conflicting with the narrative from your Fox News TACO fanboys.

Ignorance is bliss.

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I have never voted for Trump.

That has absolutely no impact on the fact that you post a lot of low-value slop.

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Then put on your big boy pants and don't read my posts. Ignorance is bliss.

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I now generally quickly scroll past your posts, even though I am a supporter of Ukraine. Many of your posts add little value to the overall discussion. And it wasn't always this way — you used to be a good poster. I don't know what happened.

Vol likes to talk about trends. Look at this one:

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Ukrainian drone attacks are scaling up significantly in destructive ability and frequency, and Russia's ability to stop these attacks is steadily decreasing.

The strategic implications of this are obvious.