The debate about why Ukraine's counteroffensive is faltering has begun in earnest...

"The counteroffensive is moving slowly because Ukraine's military, after borrowing a disturbingly large portion of NATO's war materiel and implementing North Korean levels of conscription, is about a third the size it would actually need to be to attack successfully." https://t.co/XajpfzRkIa

— Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) July 15, 2023

I think I agree with the response on this one. Ukraine has been lavishly equipped. Not only financially and with war material but also with first rate intel. The only thing that has me spinning is this. Are the Ukrainians running this war, the US, NATO or is it a combination of us giving advice along with the rest of NATO with Ukraine having the final veto authority?

I'm 100% convinced that we're running the deep battle.  No way the Ukrainians have the intel or surveillance assets to strike deep (relatively deep...deep for Ukraine ain't deep for the US Army).

BUT!

I think you have a few hawkish NATO members (looking at Poland and the UK) that probably are giving info on targets we'd prefer not be hit (politics).

Does anyone remember that we were all told that the Ukrainian offensive would be going full steam just in time for the NATO meeting?

Instead we got a belligerent Zelensky that was basically lashing out (acting like a 2 yr old) at the nations supporting him and demanding EVEN more weapons.

That needs to be talked about too.

Zelensky keep gyrating from one war winning weapon to another.  He behaves as if he gets the one weapon he's denied that he can win the war (almost like Hitler in the bunker...no not calling him Hitler but he keeps searching for a war winning wunder weapon).

My last thing is this.

Weapons can't make up for tactics.  Defense is always easier than offense.  The lives of Ukrainian troops count and the suicidal assaults are doing anyone any good.

Turn the war off.