#Russia has been steadily destroying all this ammunition and these weapons, so much so that it is already summer (beginning of June) and the "spring #counteroffensive" of #Ukraine hasn't yet started, because they have no weapons to start any offensive.
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No tanks, aircraft, ammo, or men.
All their weapons, aircraft, etc. have been destroyed by Russia.
Western countries are now starting to raid their own armies and air forces to supply weapons to Ukraine. These, too, will be destroyed by Russian missiles and aircraft.
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The process will continue until no more weapons remain in any Western military. They will even starve to produce more weapons to be destroyed in #Ukraine. Because #Western populations are willing to endure any suffering necessary to help Ukraine.
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Without any #weapons, the #USA and its allies will have no means to prosecute any more wars, and they will also be completely bankrupt and unable to build any more weapons, and so the world will finally be at peace without destructive American-led wars.
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And, for this, the credit must go to Joe Biden, who has sacrificed #America and #Europe for the cause of #WorldPeace. We must also remember the sacrifices of the American people, who gave $100 billion to Ukraine even while facing a #DebtCeiling crisis.
This is from the list of "rationalized content" - i.e., stuff that will be dropped - from the syllabus of class X, from the website of the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in India.
Any military operation that has been expected for months usually fails because the opponent has had plenty of time to plan a defence. Most successful operations are surprise operations, but not all surprise attacks work against a prepared opponent.
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Expected attacks can work if there's overwhelming force. An example is #DesertStorm.
An example of a failed attack because there was no surprise in it was #OperationCitadel at the #BattleofKursk in June 1943. The expected line of attack was obvious to everyone because of the disposition of troops.
A friend sent me a video that is apparently making the rounds. It's titled "#Modi the Boss," and features various world leaders praising Modi's popularity and greeting him.
Modi's #Bhakts are clearly in orgasmic bliss with this, and opponents say it's pure propaganda.
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But there's more to this than meets the eye.
1. It's a fact that Modi's popularity fills world leaders with awe. They would give an arm and a leg to be as popular in their countries as Modi is in India. He can screw up worse than anyone can imagine and still be popular.
India is a veritable #TowerofBabel, with more than two dozen official languages and hundreds of dialects.
This has caused lots of tension because everyone wants to preserve their culture. There's also the feeling that there should be some link language to connect the whole.
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For a long time, #English was the link language, but self-styled nationalists, especially from the ruling #BJP, felt this was a betrayal of "Indian" values.
They are just playing Modi's game. And if you play his game, you will lose.
Modi is far better at optics than any of you. He understands that #Hindus love the idea of a Hindu symbol in Parliament. They don't care about the historicity.
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And Modi also knows that, for all the talk about Constitutional propriety, nobody gives a damn about either Ram Nath Kovind or #PresidentMurmu - they know these are just puppets installed by Modi.
Modi's fans, which today are a majority of Hindus, want him to inaugurate it.
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