[Johny Joe Hold]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

The New York Times has been eavesdropping:

He's also getting rid of his old stockpile of obsolete, maintenance-heavy equipment. Now that all his old clunky tanks have been blown up, he's replacing them with more nimble alternatives:

To be honest, I don't like the news today. Russia says it is giving up on conquering the city of Kiev. This was Putin's big objective.

What could have happened here? Huge numbers of Russian tanks rolled in. Tanks win wars. Ukraine had no tanks. Now there are dead burned out Russian tanks all over Ukraine.

I'm thinking these defective tanks came from some $hit hole country. Maybe from some place like China. They were the low bidder and sold Putin inferior tanks. It makes me think Putin should have asked for the help of the world's most brilliant negotiator, Donald Trump. Trump would have bought Putin quality tanks at a good price.

Russia-Ukraine War - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

[Jeb Stuart Thurmond]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

The New York Times has been eavesdropping:

But what do they know about war? New York has never conquered anything.

All that suffering is part of the plan to make soldiers more eager to get the war over with, and therefore more eager to attack. It's like a putting pressure on a spring, all this frustration is going to burst out. Also, Putin is killing off untrustworthy generals, and coup-happy paratroopers. Just look at how many African tinpot dictators got overthrown by paratroopers. But not Putin. Putin is the world's smartest tinpot dictator.

He's also getting rid of his old stockpile of obsolete, maintenance-heavy equipment. Now that all his old clunky tanks have been blown up, he's replacing them with more nimble alternatives:

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

Removing the top people should shake things up, get some new blood into the brainstorming sessions, and instill a healthy sense of the career consequences of failing to produce results.

New blood sounds like a good idea. It baffles me that any of Putin's generals would decide to invade Ukraine without enough gas in the tanks. Yet I watched them all on TV saying what a good idea it is. It reminds me of the time Colin Powell went to the UN and lied about yellow cake in order to get his war.

[MitzaLizalor]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

Another smart move would be to replace all personal staff, so none of them could be substituted with an unethical type for example a (trusted) food taster could be replaced by an (unethical) body double who was genetically engineered to be resistant to (say) off eggs.

Any news on this front? What's needed is to hire as many new faces as possible, thus thwarting the body double factory's cunning plan.

[Dennis Lukes]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

As I recall, one of Putin's predecessors tried the same thing prior to WWII, and the Russians helped us to a minor extent and were on the winning side in THAT war. Removing the top people should shake things up, get some new blood into the brainstorming sessions, and instill a healthy sense of the career consequences of failing to produce results.

[Johny Joe Hold]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

There is good news coming out of Russia. Putin has fired several top people in the Russian government. These included incompetents who did not know Ukraine had soldiers and guns.

New and better people will now be in charge. I'm confident we will see rapid progress by the Russian army and victory soon declared.

The heads begin to roll in Russia (msn.com)

[Isabella White]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

The Putins and the Trumps know that winning is about getting to the top of whatever it is. Once you get the top job then people have to do what you say whether they like it or not. That's the power of True™ leadership.

Amen, dear Brother Dr. Toole! Winners always find each other, and they complement their kind very nicely. Why, you will never hear of our dear President Trump hanging out with depressing losers, such as sleepy Joe Burden or that Nancy Pelousy woman. It's no wonder President Trump and President Putin get along so well. And, thanks to President Trump and his considerable influence within Fox News, he has been able to ensure that President Putin gets only the very best, truthful coverage broadcast to the airwaves around the world!

[Unfalsifiable]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

The Soviets have always been "counter punchers". Ants to an elephant - this has always been their strategy.



Once several million young Russian men have died, Ukraine will be exhausted, the Red Army will learn how to operate and eventually win. History has written this tale about 100 times by now.

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

People in the liberal mainstream media are complaining about casualties and devastation. Duh! It's a war, that's what happens. I'm sick of all the complaining... "I can't afford gas", "I can't pay my rent", "Daylight savings is annoying", etc. People need to accept reality, or face consequences.

[Jeb Stuart Thurmond]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

Maybe there will even be cannibalism. Forget Molotov cocktails, the real story here will be the babooshka backrib barbecues.

The Ukrainians are going to starve first, because their farmers aren't farming. Putin tricked them into wasting all of their time towing away "abandoned" tanks.

Stupid Ukrainians - you can't eat tanks!

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

The Putins and the Trumps know that winning is about getting to the top of whatever it is. Once you get the top job then people have to do what you say whether they like it or not. That's the power of True(tm) leadership.

[Johny Joe Hold]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

Maybe some remember how Trump looked like he did not know how to campaign before he won the election in 2016. In pool it's called "playing like a guy with a broken wrist." It persuaded Hillary not to campaign. Then, BOOM, Trump won the election.

Putin is doing the same thing in Ukraine. He sent actors into the country. The actors pretended not to know much about the tanks, pretended to break down, run out of fuel and food. The actors are trained to stop the tank and crawl out. Then they are to say to any Ukrainians nearby, "Oh my goodness. My tank broke down, I am so helpless."

As soon as Ukrainians think they are defeating the Russians they will let their guard down. Putin then send in his good soldiers and first-rate tanks. It will be over in no time.

[MitzaLizalor]

Re: Zeal

Yes I often think about those words. How many places were never supporting Christ Jesus? Roman Formosa, Easter Islanders, Bougainvilleans, the entire Eskimo world, all these stood against Him. “Over our dead bodies!” they might as well have said.

Having one's own way is not Christlike and not something endorsed in anything He said. Cannibals do not conjure countries celebrating Christ, it hardly needs saying, and New Guinea is more associated with the former than the latter. In that spirit of disharmony is it any wonder that Bougainville now agitates for independence? Jesus wants all the world united under Him and missionaries have spilled their blood in New Guinea to help bring that about. Some of them have been eaten, boiled alive in a missionary pot! (I'd have thought they'd be better dressed and cleaned first, but that's not how it's usually represented: this note appended for accuracy.)

Anyway, despite actual Churches having been built and despite so many Christian missionaries having been killed and eaten to bring unity under Him, despite the awful peril awaiting for those rejecting God's message of deliverance—part of which is unity—even knowing that Christ will deal with dissenters upon His return, destroy those seeking some other King, following the will of another or promoting false doctrines and opposing His Will that everyone be Saved (even though He knows that not everyone will be) still Bougainville wants fragmentation, independence from the father island, their own government and almost certainly their own laws. Even if they've never heard of Jesus, which by now certainly they have, due to the zeal of missionaries.

Isaiah 9:6-7 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

[Trent Harvey, Jr.]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

I should also talk about Putin’s economic genius. Just think of all the jobs that are going to be created when it’s time to replace all the bombed-out hospitals, schools, orphanages, and Holocaust gravesites.

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[Johny Joe Hold]

Re: History proves: Trump is right, Putin is a genius

When Brother Trump heard about Putin’s latest cakewalk - his Operation Ukraine Liberation - he said that it’s because “Putin is smart”.

For a start, the 3 largest offensives in Eastern Europe, in 1812, 1941, and 1944, were all launched on the same day: June 22nd. This is because any earlier, the ground is covered with thick, bottomless mud, reducing a modern army into a road-bound line, like ducks at a shooting gallery. The worst possible time to launch an offensive is the end of February, as this guarantees 4 months of quagmires.

Therefore, this is the time nobody expected an attack. Putin is a genius.

Instead, by replacing the obsolete blitzkrieg strategy with a 40-mile long gridlock of empty gas tanks and Kmart-pillaging conscripts, he is waging brilliant psychological warfare.

By “failing” to supply his troops with food, Putin is making them more eager to attack, as they literally hunger for the booty of Kiev.

Good technical analysis of Putin's strategy. The enemy did not expect a 40 mile convoy. Then, it did not expect the convoy to stall out. Putin has Ukraine ready for a wholesale defeat.