As Russian Troop Deaths Climb, Morale Becomes an Issue

[applegrove]

As Russian Troop Deaths Climb, Morale Becomes an Issue

March 16, 2022 at 8:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 44 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/03/16/as-russian-troop-deaths-climb-morale-becomes-an-issue/

"SNIP.....

“In 36 days of fighting on Iwo Jima during World War II, nearly 7,000 Marines were killed. Now, 20 days after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia invaded Ukraine, his military has already lost more soldiers, according to American intelligence estimates,” the New York Times reports.

“The conservative side of the estimate, at more than 7,000 Russian troop deaths, is greater than the number of American troops killed over 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.”

“It is a staggering number amassed in just three weeks of fighting, American officials say, with implications for the combat effectiveness of Russian units, including soldiers in tank formations. Pentagon officials say a 10 percent casualty rate, including dead and wounded, for a single unit renders it unable to carry out combat-related tasks.”

.......SNIP"

[brooklynite]

1. Doesn't morale becoming an issue presuppose that Russian troops had morale at the start?

[keithbvadu2]

2. No matter who 'wins', this war will be studied intently by all major militaries; US, Russia, China,

No matter who 'wins', this war will be studied intently by all major militaries; US, Russia, China, GB, France, etc...

Especially preparedness and logistics.

[EX500rider]

3. It shows how poor the Russian military is at combined arms operations

[applegrove]

4. And how ongoing authoritarian corruptions weakens the military,

not just Democratic institutions. There needs to be a free press to report on corruption to stop it. Someone else said this last week. I think maybe Krugman.

[hatrack]

6. They're pretty good at bombarding cities, so their artillery's functional . . . .

Other than that (and the associated indiscriminate mass murder) they're pretty much sucking.

[lindysalsagal]

5. VLad is liked by his devotees because he's seen as a powerful check on the west. This is going to lo

lose him lots of followers when the truth finally get through, and it always does.

He proved the russians a bunch of bungling fools. They murder their friends and families and don't even know why they're doing it.