Russia - threadbanned users in OP

There's a few names very important here. Putin is the mouthpiece. But these are the fanatics who drive what orders come from the Kremlin.

These are : Nikolai Patrushev

Sergei Naryshkin

Alexander Bortnikov

Sergei Shoigu

 Bortnikov and Patrushev’s sons have become powerful Russian officials. Dmitry Patrushev is Russia’s minister for agriculture and Denis Bortnikov is the deputy president and chairman of the state-run VTB Bank’s management board.

Mafias.

Edit: if you wanted change in Russia. Target those names above and maybe leave the husk of Putin.

McCarthy has been booted from his role as speaker of the house in the US ,

This could be trouble

Is there even a public army now?

It's been the FSB's/Putin's operandi to have these private armies around the world to influence power on the ground and power on the Internet.

How these cancers will be eliminated is another thing.

Could be massive especially if the next speaker is more a Trump supporter. It just shows how much power they are wielding there.

Well, if the head of the is cut off, then there's a good chance that there will be a war of succession, and many of the PMO owners will die, or otherwise be put out of action. Case of survival of the fittest. I'm not sure which of them (Girkin?) said that reason Kadyrov and Prigozhin were both pulling their army's out of Ukraine to preserve them for the internal war that was coming. And they were not the only ones with an eye on the future either.

Try reading the link I provided.

"As of late 2022, following Ukraine's Kharkiv and Kherson counteroffensives, the Bakhmut–Soledar front became an important focus of the war, being one of the few front lines where Russia remained on the offensive.[37] Attacks on the city intensified in November 2022, as assaulting Russian forces were reinforced by units redeployed from the Kherson front, together with newly mobilized recruits.[38][39]"

If you don't like Wikipedia try The ISW.

"Wagner mercenaries nevertheless intensified their offensives on Bakhmut and fully committed to the Battle for Bakhmut in Fall 2022 likely to achieve informational and political rather than operational objectives."

The facts are clear, there was no "winter pause" in the battle for Bakhmut. If it makes you feel better to keep claiming there was, go ahead by all means, but I for one won't be wasting my time replying to any such nonsense.

When you think about it - and given how Russian operates , it’s attitude towards agreements , eliminating opposition, interfering in soverign states, concentration of power amongst gov supported elites/oligarchs, jailing on trumped up charges, take on democracy, etc, etc, etc - it makes for a perfect strategy to have private armies like Wagner especially operating overseas as they can become self financing , increase the level of ‘friendliness’ and ‘cooperation’ And because their owners are in Putins pocket he can direct them at his will

i do not know a lot about the ‘innards’ of US politics. But the 8 that voted against Mc Carty want some in that, IMO, will not give a red cent to UKr and to fund other things that The Demos want to move on. So was congress better off voting against the motion and leave Mc Carty in. As the saying goes ‘ you are better off with the devil you know than with the devil you do not know’ maybe the Demos know something that I do not know. If it took 15 voting attempts to elect Mc Carty the last time - and he just nearly got over the line- what is it going to be like this time and how long will it take?

. Is there a possibility that 5 of the Republicans would support a Demo canditate?

Some side needs to practice a bit of pragmatism now and again,. The above is not good for the US and the world in general and Putin is. Laughing all the way to the proverbial bank

i wonder are there a few of the Republicans in Putins ‘ideological’ pocket and will try and do as much damage as possible - the type of damage that suits Putin down to the ground

That digression was more about militaries having to stop in winter, which just isn't true today.

The mud season usually only lasts a few weeks and is at its worst in spring, snow melt and a frozen layer underground, combined with spring rain results in a very waterloged upper layer, the soils of northern and central ukraine are the most susceptible to this, the south less so.

In autumn the issue is significantly less, because it's the amount of rain that fell over the summer combined with autumn rains and local temperature (evaporation) that determine it. A dry summer (like the last) and higher temps (predicted) could mean a quite insubstantial "mud season" in southern Ukraine. Even so it only lasts a few weeks and then its just regular old winter weather (like Bakhmut), which any well equipped modern force should be able to deal with.

Ukraine continuing to advance with small infantry forces instead of heavy armour should also make any mud less of an issue.

And these Maga idiots want Ukraine supports stopped or drastically cut this could drag on for months more important longer the the 40+ days until the next agreement or government shutdown

They can see it ,but they don't care they see themselves as patriots who only want to see America first and America for Americans only, if the US didn't start the war it's not their business and they are not under any threat

Peace talks with an invader who has no interest in rolling back and will use its conquests as a resource to conquer more and is never shy about saying this.

I think the west has accepted they have reduced Russia as a threat for the next decade and would accept an armistice similar to NK.

Disappointed the UAF offensive didn't produce more but Russia through everything at their defense and didn't collapse as expected despite an attempted coup.

So much blood spilt for nothing an 18 month united front was always a challenge unfortunately it may start to fracture democracy freedoms are no match for dictatorships.

FIFA looking like they will relax rules stopping Russia from part in football tournaments starting with the U17s Eufa last week and FIFA this week

Hopefully there is enough solidarity and everyone else will just refuse to play against any Russian teams.