{"id":242772,"date":"2023-08-28T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=242772"},"modified":"2023-08-22T05:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T04:27:01","slug":"big-brave-western-proxy-warriors-keep-whining-that-ukrainian-troops-are-cowards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/08\/big-brave-western-proxy-warriors-keep-whining-that-ukrainian-troops-are-cowards\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brave Western Proxy Warriors Keep Whining That Ukrainian Troops Are Cowards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amid continuous news that the Ukrainian counteroffensive which began in June is not going as hoped, <\/em>The New York Times has published an article titled \u201cTroop Deaths and Injuries in Ukraine War Near 500,000, U.S. Officials Say.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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19 Aug 2023 – <\/em>Amid continuous news<\/a> that the Ukrainian counteroffensive which began in June is not going as hoped<\/a>, The New York Times has published an article titled \u201cTroop Deaths and Injuries in Ukraine War Near 500,000, U.S. Officials Say<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reporting that Ukrainian efforts to retake Russia-occupied territory have been \u201cbogged down in dense Russian minefields under constant fire from artillery and helicopter gunships,\u201d The New York Times reports that Ukrainian forces have switched tactics to using \u201cartillery and long-range missiles instead of plunging into minefields under fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then the article gets really freaky:<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerican officials are worried that Ukraine\u2019s adjustments will race through precious ammunition supplies, which could benefit President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and disadvantage Ukraine in a war of attrition. But Ukrainian commanders decided the pivot reduced casualties and preserved their frontline fighting force.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAmerican officials say they fear that Ukraine has become casualty averse, one reason it has been cautious about pressing ahead with the counteroffensive. Almost any big push against dug-in Russian defenders protected by minefields would result in huge numbers of losses.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m sorry, US officials \u201cfear\u201d that Ukraine is becoming \u201ccasualty averse\u201d? Because safer battlefield tactics that burn through a lot of ammunition don\u2019t chew through lives like charging through a minefield under heavy artillery fire?<\/p>\n

What are the Ukrainians supposed to be? Casualty amenable? If Ukraine was more casualty amenable, would it be more willing to throw young bodies into the gears of this proxy war that the US empire actively<\/a> provoked<\/a> and killed peace deals<\/a> to maintain?<\/p>\n

Something tells me that the US officials speaking to The New York Times about their \u201cfear\u201d of Ukrainian casualty aversiveness do not know what real fear is. Something tells me that if you marched these US officials through Russian minefields under constant fire from artillery and helicopter gunships, then<\/em> they would understand fear.<\/p>\n

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What do they mean, "fear"? They worry that Ukraine cares too much about the lives of its people? As if the US has any right whatsoever to pronounce judgment on what an "acceptable" level of Ukrainian casualties is. Despicable. pic.twitter.com\/POYI1bwLYy<\/a><\/p>\n

— Nathan J Robinson (@NathanJRobinson) August 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n