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"No amount of weapons can give Ukraine victory" - US Army сolonel Macgregor
If one is to believe the current White House propaganda, Ukraine is winning the war. This is simply not so, according to retired US Army Col. Macgregor recent statements in Fox News “Tucker Carlson Tonight”.
The American colonel is considered to be a prominent Army thinker. He is currently a consultant, and received his PhD in international relations from the University of Virginia.
Macgregor argues that Moscow’s main interests and military goals are in the Donbas region and the eastern half of Ukraine. This is what President Putin himself has repeatedly stated. However, the colonel predicts that if detente is not sought, Western Ukraine will become a “firing range”.
Even so, in this case Russia would not actually send troops, but would rather employ artillery attacks, he says. He adds: “The Russians have never been interested in crossing the Dnieper River [the river that splits Kiev]. They were always interested in destroying the Ukrainian forces – that job's about through.”
Once again, denazification and demilitarization have been Moscow’s stated goals from day one - but it is interesting to see a prominent US military expert conceding that.
Col. Macgregor also said: “I really think the president and his supporting advisers believe that somehow or another, they're going to arrive at a negotiating table in the future where they will be able to dictate terms to Moscow. And that's not going to happen.”
In a 12 April conversation with American political analyst and retired judge Andre Napolitano (“Judge Nap”), the colonel made similar remarks about the propaganda war currently being waged.
He stresses Moscow has no interest in launching an offensive against NATO, and he clarifies that the distinction between “offensive” and “defensive” weapons (pertaining to arms sent by Washington to Kiev) is largely a matter of “media terminology” because it all really depends on “the employment of the weapon systems”.
Uriel Araujo... Researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts.
If one is to believe the current White House propaganda, Ukraine is winning the war. This is simply not so, according to retired US Army Col. Macgregor recent statements in Fox News “Tucker Carlson Tonight”.
The American colonel is considered to be a prominent Army thinker. He is currently a consultant, and received his PhD in international relations from the University of Virginia.
Macgregor argues that Moscow’s main interests and military goals are in the Donbas region and the eastern half of Ukraine. This is what President Putin himself has repeatedly stated. However, the colonel predicts that if detente is not sought, Western Ukraine will become a “firing range”.
Even so, in this case Russia would not actually send troops, but would rather employ artillery attacks, he says. He adds: “The Russians have never been interested in crossing the Dnieper River [the river that splits Kiev]. They were always interested in destroying the Ukrainian forces – that job's about through.”
Once again, denazification and demilitarization have been Moscow’s stated goals from day one - but it is interesting to see a prominent US military expert conceding that.
Col. Macgregor also said: “I really think the president and his supporting advisers believe that somehow or another, they're going to arrive at a negotiating table in the future where they will be able to dictate terms to Moscow. And that's not going to happen.”
In a 12 April conversation with American political analyst and retired judge Andre Napolitano (“Judge Nap”), the colonel made similar remarks about the propaganda war currently being waged.
He stresses Moscow has no interest in launching an offensive against NATO, and he clarifies that the distinction between “offensive” and “defensive” weapons (pertaining to arms sent by Washington to Kiev) is largely a matter of “media terminology” because it all really depends on “the employment of the weapon systems”.
Uriel Araujo... Researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts.