Angry White House Staffer on Russia's failure.

From a twitter thread:
 

Several folks have asked me when Russia is going to deploy their “good troops,” so I feel like I need to offer a brief explainer.

I know it’s hard to believe, but these *are* their good troops.

After three weeks, we’re still seeing the narrative that they’re holding back. 

 

This flat-out isn’t true. We’ve seen VDV (airborne), various troops from the Spetsnaz umbrella, etc.

They’ve also launched over 1,000 missiles into Ukraine.

The only thing they’re holding back (so far) is chemical and nuclear weapons.


They just aren’t very good at this. 

 

Remember, the US had the unfortunate experience of over two decades at war to learn from our mistakes and refine tactics for the modern battlefield.

Russia is learning in blood that integrating air, sea, and ground forces in a single assault isn’t as easy as we make it look. 

There are a lot of reasons why this war is a failure for Russia. The major one, which is one a lot of people miss in the West, is that Ukraine is a very separate nation from Russia. This is true no matter what one's nationality happens to be. This video is a protest in Russian occupied Ivanivka, Kherson region, south Ukraine where local residents held a rally in protest of the Russian occupation of the town.

No, Ukraine is not part of Russia and does not want to be part of Russia. People who love freedom should appreciate this difference.