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Major Kong
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Major Kong

Kinda like a modern version of Dien Bien Phu w/o the terrain?

Posted: 02/02/2023 at 01:25 PM ET
(In response to this post by reconhokie)

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Hey Recon...how long before Russia overruns Ukraine this Spring?
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 10:29 AM ET
...he will chest-thump like MAD. And what says the West then?
bourbonstreet • 02/02/23 08:07 PM ET
I don't think they need to or want to overrun whole country. East + Crimea**
ColoVT82 • 02/02/23 03:16 PM ET
I think they want to cut off supplies from the West.
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 03:25 PM ET
They do, they will focus heavily on that.**
Nortazhokie • 02/02/23 05:56 PM ET
Dumb from the start**
ColoVT82 • 02/02/23 04:54 PM ET
If you believe some of the reports out now, Russia is getting ready to send
Nortazhokie • 02/02/23 01:36 PM ET
Yeah, he would. But the question might be if the troops are willing?
Late 80s Hokie • 02/02/23 04:48 PM ET
Read an article recently about the amount of convicts that Russia has freed
Nortazhokie • 02/02/23 05:54 PM ET
"...or they would be shot for refusing to fight"
No_Limit_Hokie • 02/02/23 06:50 PM ET
Join the Army or Stay in Jail**
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 06:06 PM ET
This is how they motivate recruits
FFXSTATIONHOKIE95 • 02/02/23 05:16 PM ET
^^This is the article I was referencing in my post above**
Nortazhokie • 02/02/23 05:57 PM ET
How do you figure they’ll be able to do that?
Fatman • 02/02/23 12:21 PM ET
As history guides, don't ever underestimate the desire for a free people
VTDC • 02/02/23 02:19 PM ET
You answered your own question in the first paragraph. Their new commander
reconhokie • 02/02/23 12:49 PM ET
Thanks. .
Fatman • 02/02/23 03:47 PM ET
For whatever reason, they were censored on here
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 04:08 PM ET
I'm surprised *this* thread is still alive at 5:35pm EST.**
No_Limit_Hokie • 02/02/23 05:35 PM ET
I think it's done an excellent job of staying away from the hot points.
Late 80s Hokie • 02/02/23 06:12 PM ET
Recon, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience as well**
No_Limit_Hokie • 02/02/23 02:44 PM ET
On a separate note, if you like military books, I would like to recommend
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 03:01 PM ET
Right now I’m seriously 100% tied up in US trafficking. I need all the
reconhokie • 02/02/23 04:15 PM ET
Thanks for the reading list! Boy, so much goes on in the World...
No_Limit_Hokie • 02/02/23 03:28 PM ET
Same question. It seems that the only "Russian Machine Never Breaks" plays
Late 80s Hokie • 02/02/23 12:46 PM ET
Wow I’ll have to go back and dig up whatever I thought back then and see
reconhokie • 02/02/23 12:58 PM ET
Heck...it's bigger than Ramadi..it's the next Syria
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 01:25 PM ET
Not ribbing at all. Pretty serious because I am hearing and seeing things
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 01:19 PM ET
I know- I was just saying that if I was commenting, I’d expecting only the
reconhokie • 02/02/23 04:38 PM ET
Would you say the media is not being truthful, or merely mistaken?**
No_Limit_Hokie • 02/02/23 01:49 PM ET
I/O - strategic and tactical Information Operations- just read what Putin i
reconhokie • 02/02/23 04:22 PM ET
I was on a flight from Istanbul to Amsterdam in early December with USA &
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 04:53 PM ET
More...pushing a narrative
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 02:02 PM ET
Yup it's an easy propaganda tool for those in the US....**
Brewing_Hokie • 02/02/23 05:05 PM ET
If Putin and Russia are actually winning, but the media says otherwise...
No_Limit_Hokie • 02/02/23 02:06 PM ET
....well we've known the media is trash for a long while now..**
Brewing_Hokie • 02/02/23 05:05 PM ET
No one is saying that they are winning right now
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 02:15 PM ET
Okay, thank you very much for your knowledge and experience here**
No_Limit_Hokie • 02/02/23 02:37 PM ET
Oh, I have absolutely no memory of what, if anything, you predicted. It's
Late 80s Hokie • 02/02/23 01:10 PM ET
I am pretty serious. I trained in Russia years and years ago
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 01:22 PM ET
Change in strategy
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 12:45 PM ET
Great points. What he said. Battle fatigue-
reconhokie • 02/02/23 01:01 PM ET
Kinda like a modern version of Dien Bien Phu w/o the terrain?** ◄
Major Kong • 02/02/23 01:25 PM ET
What sucks is I’ve always wanted to study French Indochina and the rise of
reconhokie • 02/02/23 04:27 PM ET
Dien Bien Phu was the classic European arrogance and overlooking the...
Major Kong • 02/02/23 05:10 PM ET
C'mon...any paratrooper knows the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 04:55 PM ET
Red Storm Rising.**
Major Kong • 02/02/23 12:16 PM ET
That didn't work out too well for the Russians as I recall**
Burruss Writer • 02/02/23 01:02 PM ET
Ayup**
Major Kong • 02/02/23 01:27 PM ET
Great book. **
Fatman • 02/02/23 12:26 PM ET
After 2 tries, yes. For me it just took an uncharacteristically long time t
reconhokie • 02/02/23 04:32 PM ET
Kinda like marrying a stripper and not getting sex**
CrystalCoveHokie • 02/02/23 11:10 AM ET
Are they planning to roll 1,000 T-34s into Ukraine in a mass attack?
EDGEMAN • 02/02/23 10:36 AM ET
They need to keep the tanks out of the urban areas
AirborneHokie96 • 02/02/23 10:51 AM ET
Ukraine should take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only
Brown Water • 02/02/23 10:48 AM ET