Bill Roggio

You know, the best that he could hope for is to get all of the territory back. And then maybe the thing that he could see would be Ukraine not agreeing to join NATO to be a neutral country.

The Russians, given the cost that they've incurred, Mike, in the number of soldiers, and there's wildly differing estimates on that, the military hardware, international pressure, they're going to want something out of this. And I think they're serious about annexing those four provinces and keeping them. And yeah, I just don't see a political outcome.

The Russians, given the cost that they've incurred, Mike, in the number of soldiers, and there's wildly differing estimates on that, the military hardware, international pressure, they're going to want something out of this. And I think they're serious about annexing those four provinces and keeping them. And yeah, I just don't see a political outcome.

The Russians, given the cost that they've incurred, Mike, in the number of soldiers, and there's wildly differing estimates on that, the military hardware, international pressure, they're going to want something out of this. And I think they're serious about annexing those four provinces and keeping them. And yeah, I just don't see a political outcome.

The best outcome to me that's realistic that Zelensky can hope for is some type of ceasefire, a cessation of fighting, of freezing the line of contact as it is today. That's the best they can hope for. If they wait till tomorrow, they're going to lose more ground. If they wait till next week, they're going to lose a little bit more ground.

The best outcome to me that's realistic that Zelensky can hope for is some type of ceasefire, a cessation of fighting, of freezing the line of contact as it is today. That's the best they can hope for. If they wait till tomorrow, they're going to lose more ground. If they wait till next week, they're going to lose a little bit more ground.

The best outcome to me that's realistic that Zelensky can hope for is some type of ceasefire, a cessation of fighting, of freezing the line of contact as it is today. That's the best they can hope for. If they wait till tomorrow, they're going to lose more ground. If they wait till next week, they're going to lose a little bit more ground.

And if they wait till next month, they're going to lose a lot more ground.

And if they wait till next month, they're going to lose a lot more ground.

And if they wait till next month, they're going to lose a lot more ground.

Yeah, I agree. And, you know, part of the problem with all of this, you know, how did this, the rhetoric start out from the EU countries and from the US? We have to overthrow Putin. We need, Russian needs to be handed a military defeat. You know, again, I think that's harder to the Russians in some cases.

Yeah, I agree. And, you know, part of the problem with all of this, you know, how did this, the rhetoric start out from the EU countries and from the US? We have to overthrow Putin. We need, Russian needs to be handed a military defeat. You know, again, I think that's harder to the Russians in some cases.

Yeah, I agree. And, you know, part of the problem with all of this, you know, how did this, the rhetoric start out from the EU countries and from the US? We have to overthrow Putin. We need, Russian needs to be handed a military defeat. You know, again, I think that's harder to the Russians in some cases.

But, you know, the irony is if all of those things were true, if Putin had to go, if, you know, the Russians needed to be dealt with defeat, if the Russians are a direct threat to Europe, then why are the European countries and the United States acting like it?

But, you know, the irony is if all of those things were true, if Putin had to go, if, you know, the Russians needed to be dealt with defeat, if the Russians are a direct threat to Europe, then why are the European countries and the United States acting like it?

But, you know, the irony is if all of those things were true, if Putin had to go, if, you know, the Russians needed to be dealt with defeat, if the Russians are a direct threat to Europe, then why are the European countries and the United States acting like it?

instead of sending, you know, warehoused weapons and limited number of weapons systems, as you mentioned, just enough for Ukraine to not lose. Although I'd argue it's just enough for them to not lose quickly. They're losing slowly. Right. You know, where is the uptick in defense spending in manufacturing?

instead of sending, you know, warehoused weapons and limited number of weapons systems, as you mentioned, just enough for Ukraine to not lose. Although I'd argue it's just enough for them to not lose quickly. They're losing slowly. Right. You know, where is the uptick in defense spending in manufacturing?

instead of sending, you know, warehoused weapons and limited number of weapons systems, as you mentioned, just enough for Ukraine to not lose. Although I'd argue it's just enough for them to not lose quickly. They're losing slowly. Right. You know, where is the uptick in defense spending in manufacturing?

We still can't manufacture, I would argue, probably somewhere around a tenth of the artillery shells of what Russia is manufacturing. And this is a war where artillery is the king of battle. It always has been. And it especially has been in this war where we act one way, but. You know, we say one thing, but we act another. And then, you know, the Russians see this and they don't take us seriously.