:The whole exercise, again, illustrates the failure to understand Russian strategic doctrine. The Pentagon and Western media refer to a "land grab". Russia doesn't need anymore land or borders to defend. Russian military doctrine is not focused on land or territory, its focused on people. Russia is always willing to cede land to an attacker to bait them in and extend their supply lines. Ask [[Hitler]] about [[Stalingrad]]; that was great victory for Western Europe according to Western media until things went wrong and they realized they were baited into a trap. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 02:31, September 3, 2023 (EDT) | :The whole exercise, again, illustrates the failure to understand Russian strategic doctrine. The Pentagon and Western media refer to a "land grab". Russia doesn't need anymore land or borders to defend. Russian military doctrine is not focused on land or territory, its focused on people. Russia is always willing to cede land to an attacker to bait them in and extend their supply lines. Ask [[Hitler]] about [[Stalingrad]]; that was great victory for Western Europe according to Western media until things went wrong and they realized they were baited into a trap. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 02:31, September 3, 2023 (EDT) |