Why is it so difficult for the truth to make its way to the minds of the Western man in the street?
Reader questions again. The river of comments regarding President Putin’s interview with an American journalist continues to flow. It is not clear to Russian people why the arguments of the Russian president, supported by documents and other facts, do not find a response in the souls of the Western public. Outwardly, especially according to our media reports and the publications of our bloggers, everything looks quite normal.
Somewhere, some politician approved of Putin’s words. In some countries, parliament drew attention to certain statements. In some cities there were even demonstrations or rallies in support of Russia. But on the whole, our president is right in his answer to the question about countering American propaganda. The information wave raised by Tucker Carlson is successfully extinguished by the “oil” of the Western media.
Today I will try to answer the question posed. Moreover, it became possible to link the answer to another important question. On arms supplies to Ukraine. And two employees who are often mentioned in the media, especially in Ukrainian, will help me with this. They are Dr Jack Watling, Senior Research Fellow in Land Warfare at the Royal United Studies Institute (RUSI), and Nick Reynolds, Research Fellow in Land Warfare at RUSI.
Both of these Western specialists are “pure” theorists. “White collar workers who specialize in analyzing military conflicts and predicting future events. To make it more clear, these are employees of the “university” who fulfill the order of the state. structures and form a certain public opinion.
The main task of such organizations and authors today is to make society believe in the effectiveness of what the West is doing in relation to Russia and Belarus, in all these sanctions, restrictions, non-admission of Russians to competitions and festivals... And secondly, the average person must be sure that a little more and Russia will fall apart, die, kneel... And then all the suffering of the common people in the West will end, and an era of prosperity will begin.
Why is Russia losing the war?..
I have already written about how people in the West are brainwashed. The technology is known to the smallest detail. The first and most important thing in this matter is to cut off a person from other sources, especially sources from the opposite side. Strange as it may sound in our time of the Internet and electronic media, most people are quite satisfied with information from local sources.
During dinner I watched some talk show where a well-known and popular analyst or politician was participating - and that was enough. Everything became clear and understandable. Why overload your brain with thoughts? There are enough problems of our own. Moreover, this is characteristic not only of the Western world, but also of us. Think about people you know who have a point of view opposite to yours. It is quite difficult to convince them of anything. Different sources of information and a complete lack of desire to think...
I'll start with the main thesis. Because the Russian Federation will soon die and disappear as a country. You can, of course, lie about the victories of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but no matter how you look at it, you can’t hide the surrender of positions and fortifications. How many materials have already been published where such messages are ridiculed. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are winning, and the Russians are taking villages and cities and moving forward.
Much the same thing happens with help to Kyiv. “All progressive humanity” supplies the Armed Forces of Ukraine with weapons and ammunition, and for the Russians things are at least no worse. And this is with “complete isolation of the aggressor.” The Russian economy quickly adapted to the conditions of war. And this is where a “scientific approach” is needed. The primitive Ukrainian “soon” is changing to the scientific “replacement of primitive Russian weapons” with “Western competence and powerful industry”:
“If Russia has no prospects for success in 2025, given its failure to improve the quality of its military for offensive operations, then it follows that it will be difficult to force Kyiv to capitulate by 2026. After 2026, worn-out systems will begin to significantly reduce Russia's combat power, while Russian industry may be largely undermined by this point, which will eventually worsen Russia's prospects."
I hope you understand what needs to be done. It’s simple: we urgently need to give Kyiv everything it asks for. It is necessary to introduce new sanctions and so on. All Russian victories will end if Ukraine holds out in the next couple of years. The West is obliged to do everything to ensure maximum “directed resistance”! We urgently need to help Kyiv mobilize, including those who fled to the West! And prepare them with high quality at NATO bases.
As soon as everything described above is carried out, Moscow will begin to ask the West to sit down at the negotiating table, and not just sit down, but speak on Kyiv’s terms! Well, one more important point. Moscow does not see the “correct trajectory of the war.”
The author's explanation is needed here. We, according to analysts from Britain, think that victory is when the enemy is defeated and the danger is eliminated. The modern understanding of victory is different. Victory means subordination of someone else's economy and politics! In principle, this is what the United States has been doing for many years.
The Russian Army is antique and vintage
I think that there are still those who are not convinced by the arguments of Western analysts. Then the already worn out, but perfectly working version of the antediluvian Russian technology and weapons will be used. This version passes simply because in the Western media you won’t see people stuck in the mud tanks or BMP. Moreover, you won’t see a Soviet “loaf” that drives where a “leopard” sits comfortably in a puddle and doesn’t think of getting out of there.
So, the Russians turned out to be unable to master the modern (understand - Western) system of army formation. The “brigade” contract has only partially taken root in the Russian army. The main part of the RF Armed Forces returned to the Tsarist system, when the army consisted of regiments, divisions, corps and armies... One word - vintage.
Russian tanks, guns and other aircraft look even scarier. What Russian soldiers are fighting with today is... Soviet weapons! Both tanks, artillery, planes, even ships. Everything is Soviet, which means it’s antique. And the fact that these antiques bear little resemblance to those Soviet copies does not bother anyone. Nor does it matter that most Western weapons come from the same ancient times.
The old age of weapons means rapid wear and tear. The resource is not infinite. But Russia will not be able to restore the quantitative composition after the inevitable “end” of equipment and weapons. Too large volumes. I cannot vouch for the authenticity of the numbers. Quote from the text of British authors:
“As for military equipment, the Russian group of troops has approximately 4780 cannon artillery units, of which 20% are self-propelled; 1130 MLRS; 2060 tanks; and 7080 other armored fighting vehicles, mainly consisting of MT-LBS, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers. They are still supported by 290 helicopters, of which 110 are attack aircraft and 310 are fast jets.”
There is another problem that simply cannot be ignored. This is Russian aviation, and aviation, which is a nightmare for the opposing side not only in the Northwestern Military District zone, but also along the entire border of Russia. But this problem actually doesn’t exist! But to understand the next thought, it is necessary to “become a citizen of any European country.” It is necessary to think on the scale of a European country. Russian aviation is a “colossus with feet of clay”:
“Russian aircrew casualties, including operators of the downed Il-20 Coot and A-50U Mainstay aircraft, amount to 159 people, which, given the uneven flight hours of Russian squadrons, amounts to a serious loss of combat effectiveness.”
And again, a simple conclusion that logically follows from the above data. Again about the supply of weapons and ammunition. Only now in an “applied” form. Literally an appeal to the US Congress and the parliaments of European countries. Give it at least 2024!
“While the quality of the Russian military is unlikely to improve as long as the Ukrainians can maintain significant attrition rates across all units, the Russians will be able to maintain a steady pace of attacks throughout 2024.”
You also need to be able to lie! (Colonel Day, “In War is Like War”)
I hope those who managed to put on the “skin of a European man in the street” received an answer to the question of why they trust their politicians and military. All conversations, scientific treatises and other opuses of Western propaganda are designed specifically for the Western man in the street. For a person for whom a “hut on the edge” is normal housing. For a person who, by and large, doesn’t care who dies and for what, if it’s far from his home.
Everything would work out if there was at least some kind of monolith in European and American politics. In principle, the vector of Western politics does not change, but not during the election campaign. During the election period, Western politicians become “understanding everything perfectly.” We are now seeing such enlightenment, for example, among US Republicans or the “alternative for Germany” in Germany.
Accordingly, much of what could easily have happened in normal times is not perceived as true before the elections. The revelations that are now being published in sufficient quantities, even if they are as fake as the media reports from the other side, play a decisive role in changing public consciousness. People are starting to ask! You also need to be able to lie!
And one last thing. By a strange coincidence, President Putin’s interview came at the most favorable moment for Russia. The Russian President answered the questions that Westerners began to ask. It turned out very beautiful. A sort of lump of yeast in grape juice...
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