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That's a lot of troops, where are they supposed to come from?

Listening to it in the background while working at least lets me tell myself I'm getting paid to listen to it.

I'm only 35 minutes into the 3 hour! interview so hopefully it gets better but so far its pretty standard Tucker. Implying that it isn't out of the question that the US or a western power assassinated Navalny because it would help their side of the war, complaining that his lawyers told him he could be in breach of sanctions for going to Russia if the Biden administration didn't like his interview questions, that the US sanctions of Russia is actually really hurting the US economy and most Americans don't realize it (this one is new and I want to hear the reasoning), that the western governments telling their people that Ukraine will win is lying to them about the whole situation because Russia is bigger population-wise and out produces the west in shells 7 to 1 (sourced from NYT but a stupid conclusion to draw about the outcome of the war just from that), the Biden admin sending Boris Johnson to Kyiv in the first 6 months to torpedo negotiations so the war can continue and they can keep making money off it, etc. Well actually not et cetera that's all the main points so far, I think. It was funny when he brought up visiting an old (American) friend who lives in Moscow with his family he was told Russia is good but don't get into politics. Very on-the-nose statement about the social contract I've read about that exists between Putin and the Russian people: you don't get into politics and I'll improve your standard of living. Hopefully it gets better in the remaining 2.5 hours but I figured I'd share that stuff as a warning for anyone with a low tolerance for BS. Oh and it's Lex Fridman's podcast on youtube for anyone who wants the full thing.

I second this. If people don't have time though I'll try my best with the takeaways I had. I didn't know Gen. Milley and Zaluzhny had a poor relationship. Also the observation by the British international volunteer that some of the men who like Zaluzhny/dislike Syrskyi is because "they're old (the average UKR soldier is 43 compared to 26 for WW2 for reference, but that's a whole other issue) and want to sit in their trenches smoking and getting fat while waiting for the next Western magic bullet aid to arrive" and that Syrskyi is much more up 'n at 'em, let's get to it compared to Zaluzhny. So I can see why some see him as bloody or a butcher if he's more willing to put men in harms way. Zaluzhny is seen as a people's or politician's general and is much warmer with the men, Syrskyi is seen as much more business-like and a general's general. They also mention the McClellan/Grant comparison and how part of that decision came from McClellan being seen as too cautious and while Grant and Sherman were seen as bloody/butchers, the Union decided a shorter more bloody war was better than a war dragged out with extra unknowns. Here's the YT link too:

I haven't bothered watching it either but reading about it there doesn't seem to be a lot of substance about the war itself. Putin apparently goes into a 30 minute history lesson starting with Novgorod in 862. And the usual NATO expansion spiel. I'll give Carlson credit, apparently he presses Putin about releasing Gershkovich, the WSJ jounralist jailed for over a year.

I'm gonna post it again for posterity. This guy is uncredible at best but comes across as a "neutral" critic of the west/Ukraine in a poor attempt to seem unbiased. I don't know why people bother linking him.

I don't know if this has been mentioned here, and even if it hasn't I assume it was thought of, but why not release the CMBS module with all proceeds going to a charity? Presumably a Ukrainian one but even something neutral like the Red Cross could be an option.

https://old.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/179ci4x/russian_ifv_driver_films_a_ukrainian_atgm_barely/ A perspective you don't usually see.

I love how the second image I'm pretty sure is a censored selfie. Like people really just can't resist taking a picture with very sensitive stuff. Sounds like more Russians need classified information briefs.

I wouldn't give this channel the views, he's firmly biased towards Russia, just look at his past videos and even the comments on this one are telling. His thumbnails are funny though. The general in the background of the meme is Luigi Cardona, who fought 12 battles of the Isonzo in WWI if anyone doesn't know.

Besides being a great daily weekday podcast on the war, today's episode featured an interview with the lead of the Russia/Ukraine team at the Institute for the Study of War. He talks about things such as how their day to day job is, sourcing and how that works, and some of his takes and conclusions about the war and its direction (and a couple wrong ones they had in the past). Interview starts around 26:40.