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A lot will depend upon WHEN the crews will be trained and the tanks 'on the ground'. I understand it is a difficult situation but a bit more speed might have been good!Leos and Abrams incoming to Ukraine:
A total of 62 tanks are being sent from Germany, the U.S. and other allies; a number that could rise to 88 under the announced commitment.
Mr Scholz’s claim to European leadership was bolstered just after the invasion, when he declared a Zeitenwende, a turning-point in Germany’s strategic outlook. Yet it is Mr Biden who emerges looking the statesman, for having yielded to preserve transatlantic unity when so much was at stake. Mr Scholz, by contrast, endangered it, and squandered Germany’s diplomatic gains by approving Leopards so grudgingly.
So would’ve Trump. Putin chose his timing badly.These guys would have handed over Ukraine on a platter if the US didn't lead.
A good summary of Putin’s possible 2023 strategy.
Thinking About Putin and Russian Strategy
Adaptations to Russia's Strategy for Ukraine in 2023mickryan.substack.com
Indeed. The world is really lucky to have an old Cold Warrior like Joe Biden in the White House. I'm not even entirely convinced that somebody like Obama would have done all that Biden has done. He rallied the world. Not just the US. History will remember Joe Biden, Boris Johnson and Volodymyr Zelenskyy for stepping up when it mattered.So would’ve Trump. Putin chose his timing badly.
Obama sat on his duff when Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014. I’m not convinced either. Obama and Trump set Putin’s expectations of Washington’s level of interest and resolve re. Ukraine. Biden shattered Putin’s assumptions, which likely also challenged Beijing’s perceptions of US resolve re. Taiwan.I'm not even entirely convinced that somebody like Obama would have done all that Biden has done.
Shades of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth!I believe Ukraine’s ascendancy into a West-style parliamentary democracy, along with Poland’s growing confidence and stature will cause tension within the established European community. Once Ukraine joins the EU, its forty plus million people and agricultural/resource/industrial might combined with Poland’s thirty-eight million people, economic might and massive military expansion, may rattle the PIIGS and perhaps France and even Germany as the EU’s power centre moves eastwards.
It'll be an ironic day when Poles bemoan Spanish, Italian, and British! migrant workers arriving to work on Poland's construction projects.
Four? What if Canada includes all the confiscated automatic and semi-automatic guns, and send them to Ukraine?Obama sat on his duff when Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014. I’m not convinced either. Obama and Trump set Putin’s expectations of Washington’s level of interest and resolve re. Ukraine. Biden shattered Putin’s assumptions, which likely also challenged Beijing’s perceptions of US resolve re. Taiwan.
Canada considering sending 4 Leopard tanks to Ukraine... https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-donate-leopard-battle-tanks-1.6725868 That‘s two USAF C-5 Galaxy runs to Ramstein AB. Let’s load ‘em up.
Four? What if Canada includes all the confiscated automatic and semi-automatic guns, and send them to Ukraine?