Charlie 21
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"The biggest difficulty in this regard is that the Ukrainians have to conduct offensive operations without air superiority. That, I think, is the most significant missing element"

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01:15 PM - Aug 27, 2023
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Charlie 21
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thread 2/6
"The Black Sea at present belongs to the nations which are facing the Black Sea -- so Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia

at present, I would say nobody is the owner of the Black Sea"
01:16 PM - Aug 27, 2023
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Charlie 21
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thread 3/6
"Turkey is still the strongest player in the Black Sea because at the end of the day it controls the Dardanelles [Strait], the only entry point into it

if you really want to exercise control, you need the key of the Bosphorus, and this key belongs to Turkey"
01:17 PM - Aug 27, 2023
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Charlie 21
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thread 4/6
"If a vessel with a flag of a NATO member nation is attacked, said NATO member nation can decide to invoke Article 5, saying, “I am under attack from Russia,” or they may decide not to do that over an attack on a single merchant ship"
01:18 PM - Aug 27, 2023
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Charlie 21
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thread 5/6
"what happened in Georgia was a result of the famous Bucharest [2008 NATO] Summit which said that Georgia and Ukraine would become NATO members. But it was just a declaration, and Russia used it as an excuse to invade Georgia. NATO wasn’t in a position to do anything militarily at that time"
01:18 PM - Aug 27, 2023
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Charlie 21
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thread 6/6
"the West wasn’t in a position to do much about Georgia back in 2008. That’s the reality, sad as it is"
01:19 PM - Aug 27, 2023
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Larry with an i
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In response to Charlie 21.
The situation really requires some out of the box thinking.
01:16 PM - Aug 27, 2023
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