Hi everyone,
Apparently it is time for a JM rant because ... why not? 🤷♂️
Things are just getting ridiculous at this point with how the Western MSM is describing the UKR counteroffensive (1)
Apparently it is time for a JM rant because ... why not? 🤷♂️
Things are just getting ridiculous at this point with how the Western MSM is describing the UKR counteroffensive (1)
Last time I was set off by Rob Lee insouciantly commenting about how the offensive was demonstrating just how much better western equipment was at crew and passenger survivability. This is at best insouciant (2)
But this time it is this "gem" [💩] of an article in The Guardian - which I used to pay good money to subscribe to and read daily - about the UKR counteroffensive, and 'deconstructing' the events of that infamous 'scrum pile' (3)
amp.theguardian.com
amp.theguardian.com
Among other things it includes are the suggestion that all the stuff we have been seeing of damaged and destroyed UKR equipment is just from this one 'scrum pile' and it was not that bad anyway. I follow this war closely - this is not the case at all (4)
The article then cites this UKR staff sergeant - Valery Markus - who says they only lost a few guys but killed many many more Russians as proof that the way the Russians have presented this is just propaganda ... (5)
One bloody problem. One huge bloody problem. You can see this guy literally make the numbers up on the fly from his head on the spot in this clip that they link - watch the 01:00 - 01:30 - you can see him making it up! (6)
Ah but then the article concludes with this "gem" [💩] within a "gem" [💩] I will quote in full "The officials suggested there was likely to be “grinding, costly warfare” for many months to come." ... (7)
... "“This is incredibly difficult. Russia has generally put up a good defence from their well-prepared positions and falling back to tactical lines …" ... (8)
... "The idea that the Russians were just going to melt away and the Ukrainians were going to drive straight through their defensive line was in people’s wildest dreams.” (9)
To which I can only say:
OH REALLY MOTH******ERS?! BECAUSE I HAVE F***ING RECEIPTS!!! (10)
OH REALLY MOTH******ERS?! BECAUSE I HAVE F***ING RECEIPTS!!! (10)
Example 1 - Mark Galeotti in THE TIMES, 3 June 2023 [which I have paid good money to access] (11)
![Example 1 - Mark Galeotti in THE TIMES, 3 June 2023 [which I have paid good money to access] (11) ht...](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fy20KzhXwAQUds9.png)
Continued (12)
So, poor morale, doubt Russian regular units especially Motor Rifle units can perform, poorly trained and unmotivated conscripts, blocking units, and possible collapse, pretty much hitting all the cliches and an example of what apparently people "did not say" (13)
Example 2 Franz Stefan Grady in Foreign Policy Magazine with an appropriately cloying title "Ukraine's Longest Day" foreignpolicy.com
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OH LOOK AGAIN! - Panic and paralysis, the Russians will just run away, because of what Galeotti said above and because of ... (15)
Kharkov. Because apparently according to Western observers, UKR stories and Russian super duper patriots [sarc] 1st Guards Tank Army ran away!!!
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Example 3 - Danil Sotnikov in Deutsche Welle
There is again - with Gady and Lee both making not very honorable appearances (17)
dw.com
There is again - with Gady and Lee both making not very honorable appearances (17)
dw.com
These men are all former military officers or are very very connected to serving military personnel and their thinking. NOBODY SAID THE RUSSIANS WOULD JUST RUN AWAY EH?!
GIVE ME A BLOODY BREAK!
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GIVE ME A BLOODY BREAK!
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