On 8/30 I blogged about Tucker Carlson’s interview of Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary. Today I am going to focus on Orbán’s view of the war in Ukraine. To briefly summarize, Orbán said that Ukraine is going to eventually lose, because of what he termed Ukraine’s eventual manpower shortage.
From californiacontrarian, 8/30:
“He stated very forcibly that there is no chance that Ukraine can ever win, because of “manpower” … meaning that Russia has an inexhaustible supply of manpower, whereas Ukraine doesn’t, and eventually, ultimately wars are won because of boots on the ground. He also politely commented in one word about the prospect of taking back Crimea from the Russians … ‘dumb!’”
Whereas I have never before quoted myself, I felt that it was apropos because of what I just read from the UK Telegraph:
“Ukraine’s army is running out of men to recruit, and time to win.”
The sub-headline even more controversially suggested, “Victory may be in sight for Vladimir Putin.”
Note that while Viktor Orbán is conservative, the UK Guardian is not, and yet the two conclusions are in unison.
Continuing from the Guardian:
“It’s a brutal but simple calculation: Kyiv is running out of men. US sources have calculated that armed forces have lost as many as 70,000 killed in action, with another 100,000 injured. While Russian casualties are higher still, the ratio nevertheless favours Moscow, as Ukraine struggles to replace soldiers in the face of a seemingly endless supply of conscripts.
Volunteers are no longer coming forward in numbers sufficient to keep the army at fighting strength: those most willing to fight signed up years ago. The latest recruitment slogan is “it’s OK to be afraid,” but there are still many attempting to dodge being drafted to fight on the front lines.”
Does it now seem that all are in unison? The logical consensus seems to be that Ukraine has no reasonable chance of success. While this is obviously bad for Ukraine, could this be good for the rest of the world?
To me, … “yes.” Russia eventually winning decreases the chance for WWIII as well as the possibility of a nuclear war, since either of these two disasters would only come about if Russia’s back was forced against the wall.
Perhaps we should all shout in unison, “Peace talks now to forestall the inevitable.”
9/2/23
californiacontrarian