Is Russia over?

"Way too many anachronistic Commie dinosaurs, who are pulling the levers of power. So long as they are still around, Russia does not have a prayer of being accepted as being legit."

If you want to see how a superior Army takes care of a lesser Army, watching what is happening in Ukraine is not where you should set your gaze. However, should you look back in history to the first Gulf War, where a coalition of the willing ousted a large and powerful Iraqi Army - that is how it should be done. The UN backed coalition, of which the United States took the lead, had the generals, the equipment, the numbers, and the strategy. The result? The ground war was over in less than a week. 

The Russian Army has been a huge disappointment to Vladimir Putin. As has his generals. Why? They lied to him. Blew sunshine up his - never mind. The great and powerful Russian Army went up against a bunch of farmers, office workers, citizens, who live and work in Ukraine. But these people in Ukraine know what war is like. What it is like to be conquered. And they were NOT going to let that happen to them again!

Two things have turned this war from being a projected landslide, into a stalemate. First, is the tenacity of the Ukrainian people. Second, unexpected technology. Phoenix Ghost drones, Switchblade drones, Javelin antitank missiles, and new version of Stinger missiles have all but blunted this "blitzkrieg" Russian invasion. 

The world has now seen the new Russian Army, and most are not impressed. With mediocre ground troops, where does that leave Putin? When it comes to imposing his will on other countries? Well, he has stuff he is not supposed to have, like chemical and bio weapons. And - he has stuff which is legal for him to have - like 6,000 nukes.

Is Russia over? Not so long as Russia houses 6,000 nukes, and is run by someone who might use them. I really thought when the Soviet Union fell, and the Cold War was over, Russia would have picked themselves up from the floor, and decide to join the league of civilized nations. It would have worked except for one thing. Way too many anachronistic Commie dinosaurs, who are pulling the levers of power. So long as they are still around, Russia does not have a prayer of being accepted as being legit.

Until then, we are day for day with Russia. Will Russia use a tactical nuke in Ukraine? I sure hope not. It would for sure, widen the war. Would Russia use his strategic nukes to teach NATO and the US a lesson? That would be the end of everything, no matter what kind of crap Putin's generals are telling him.