Israel's Short-Lived Glory Celebrated by Kneejerk Polemicists, + Ukraine War Updates
One must recall that smaller anti-imperial insurgencies must always rely on hybrid warfare and the weapon of time against larger, more powerful foes. Has Israel “defeated” Hezbollah? Even if they did, what kind of feat would it be? Hezbollah is not a country, it’s a tiny paramilitary force living inside of a country in part hostile to it, which means many in Lebanon quite freely give intelligence to Israel—so what can you expect? Iran on the other hand is quite a long ways away from Israel, separated by several countries—so how much exactly do you expect Iran to do?
No, the resistance’s main weapon is the slow erosion of time. I do not see any victory in Israel’s actions thus far, but what I do see is major jumping to conclusions by people who take every Israeli claim at face value, including claims that they’ve “destroyed all Hezbollah’s rockets”, etc., without any proof other than a few grainy distant videos of civilian apartment buildings exploding.
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Senior Ukrainian officials said a recent mobilisation drive had allowed Ukraine to draft about 30,000 soldiers a month since May, when a new conscription law came into force. That is on par with the number of troops Russia has been able to recruit by offering large bonuses and generous salaries.
But commanders on the ground and military analysts have warned that the newly drafted troops are not highly motivated, are psychologically and physically unprepared — and are being killed at an alarming rate as a result.
After difficult combat stints, many new conscripts go Awol, commanders said. Some return so shell-shocked and exhausted that they are checked into psychiatric wards.
Several bungled rotations in recent months have led to Russia making easier gains than expected towards Pokrovsk.
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