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We now see that the Russian army is in a bad state really - all those years of military budget stolen and split by the corrupt military underbelly... serves them well.
Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй!
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One more thing Brits and westerners are not familiar with is - Russian work ethic.
It's kind of "couldn't care less - just doing what i've been told - not really care about the outcome" kind of attitude.
Not speaking for all of them but this kind of attitude is way more prominent in post soviet countries and Russia.
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I think there is an unspoken bias in the media I have seen, mostly British media.
That bias is; Russia is this great big millitary machine that will crush the Ukraine, all they need to do is throw in a few more tanks, slightly better troops which apparently they have an unlimited supply of, etc.
I am not convinced this is the case. My understanding is their defence budget is about the same as ours yet their forces are 8 or 10 time larger. Jam spread pretty thin, it's going to cost to feed, cloth, house and equip all these people, so not much left for state of the art weapons systems, which are eye wateringly expensive, £Billion+ warships etc.
So up against a highly motivated, fighting for their homeland nation of 45million with (possibly) access to all sorts of weapon systems for free from a lot of diffrent places sudenly it isn't such a one sided fight.
Which is why I believe the Russian tanks haven't rolled into the main square of pretty much anywhere important.....yet.
So in a very roundabout answer to Carsons point, no it isn't cynical to arm the Ukranians, they might win or at least not loose.