They are often utilised in roles that require less training and expertise, such as logistics — a notable obstacle of progress in the Russian advance and one likely to be a deciding factor in the outcome of the invasion.
This is a strange sentence, the two halves seem to contradict; either it doesn’t need expertise and so less trained solders are ok in the role, or it does and less trained solders are making a pig’s ear of it. I’m of the opinion that good logistics are a necessary, but not sufficient, factor in winning a war, whilst bad logistics will lose a war,
Perhaps ‘perceived to require’ would have been a better way to put it – as a million armchair generals have learned to say in the last month, amateurs talk strategy and tactics, professionals talk logistics.
Lennon Ó Náraigh
2 years ago
As described in the article, some of the Russian conscripts are hazed to death. That’s the kind of thing you are supposed to do to your enemy, not to your own side. It’s the military equivalent of an own-goal.
Dominic A
2 years ago
I think that flagging a comment leads to temporary suspension of the comment. Secondly, there seems to be something mischievous about the flagging – I wonder who might be upset by this article?
Philip Stott
2 years ago
Raping and pimping out your conscripts is not a good strategy!
Philip Stott
2 years ago
Eh? There used to be a thriving comments section here, now they’ve all been deleted. What’s going on?
I think what happens is that one comment gets “moderated” and all the replies linked to that comment go when the comment itself disappears, so it looks like a lot of comments have gone but often it’s only one.
Guy Aston
2 years ago
Your understanding of what makes a quality soldier is sadly lacking. Have you ever served?
Linda Hutchinson
2 years ago
This is a radical intertextual interpretation.
Justin Clark
2 years ago
6 comments yet only 2 visible?
Henry Haslam
2 years ago
It’s a good rule, to understand your adversary’s weakest points. The Russian’s weakest is troop morale, and President Zelensky understands this well, in speaking to them directly and encouraging them to surrender.
Fred Stephens
2 years ago
A similar issue with Argentina, a large percentage were conscripts during the Falklands war. To some degree I felt sorry for them, though some did fight well they were no match for the like’ of the RMC or Para’ and other units who were highly trained and motivated.
They are often utilised in roles that require less training and expertise, such as logistics — a notable obstacle of progress in the Russian advance and one likely to be a deciding factor in the outcome of the invasion.
This is a strange sentence, the two halves seem to contradict; either it doesn’t need expertise and so less trained solders are ok in the role, or it does and less trained solders are making a pig’s ear of it. I’m of the opinion that good logistics are a necessary, but not sufficient, factor in winning a war, whilst bad logistics will lose a war,
Perhaps ‘perceived to require’ would have been a better way to put it – as a million armchair generals have learned to say in the last month, amateurs talk strategy and tactics, professionals talk logistics.
As described in the article, some of the Russian conscripts are hazed to death. That’s the kind of thing you are supposed to do to your enemy, not to your own side. It’s the military equivalent of an own-goal.
I think that flagging a comment leads to temporary suspension of the comment. Secondly, there seems to be something mischievous about the flagging – I wonder who might be upset by this article?
Raping and pimping out your conscripts is not a good strategy!
Eh? There used to be a thriving comments section here, now they’ve all been deleted. What’s going on?
I think what happens is that one comment gets “moderated” and all the replies linked to that comment go when the comment itself disappears, so it looks like a lot of comments have gone but often it’s only one.
Your understanding of what makes a quality soldier is sadly lacking. Have you ever served?
This is a radical intertextual interpretation.
6 comments yet only 2 visible?
It’s a good rule, to understand your adversary’s weakest points. The Russian’s weakest is troop morale, and President Zelensky understands this well, in speaking to them directly and encouraging them to surrender.
A similar issue with Argentina, a large percentage were conscripts during the Falklands war. To some degree I felt sorry for them, though some did fight well they were no match for the like’ of the RMC or Para’ and other units who were highly trained and motivated.