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To: Les H who wrote (43304)	8/16/2024 3:43:44 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 50860

Napoleon’s invasion force in 1812 was seriously disabled by Russian peasants and noblemen setting fire to their properties and depriving the critically important French cavalry of forage. Horses died and their riders were left to fend for themselves. What we are apparently watching now is an updated version of the same scenario. The Ukrainian tanks and armored personnel vehicles inside Kursk need refueling and failing that they are being abandoned by the Ukrainian troops whom they have sheltered, as we were told on ‘The Great Game’ yesterday. This means that the NATO heavy equipment which brought the Ukrainians into Kursk is now stalled in place, becoming an easy target for Russian forces. The Ukrainian infantry is left to withdraw as best it can on foot, which is a formula for disaster. It would appear that this change in the situation on the ground and shift to Russian confidence of victory is directly related to the successful attack on Ukrainian fuel dumps. ... As a separate but related matter, panelists on ‘The Great Game,’ also noted the exquisite timing of newly announced results of the German investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, wherein a Ukrainian national, recently returned to Kiev from a safe haven in Poland, is now wanted on a European arrest order for his role in setting the explosives on the pipeline. It is further announced in Germany that the operation had the personal approval of President Zelensky. This matter, in combination with U.S. and German assertions that they were ‘surprised’ by Ukraine’s attack on Kursk in which they allegedly had no role, all point to the coming removal of Zelensky from power and his replacement by some new puppet of the West. Under internationally recognized rules of war, American involvement in an act of aggression against the Russian Federation’s traditional borders would be a casus belli and Russia has the right, if not the obligation to declare war on Washington at any time. ... Without question the Ukraine war is entering the end game phase. The Russians are as of yesterday ever more confident of victory, of a Ukrainian capitulation. They are also preparing themselves for a showdown with NATO that may well have a nuclear dimension. gilbertdoctorow.com