To quote Burt Ward in Risky Business “Sometimes you’ve gotta say what the f**k.” That’s the phrase that leapt into my mind upon reading a brief piece about an interview Trump did with Fox’s Brett Baier. Trump says the reason Russia’s strategy to win control of Ukraine in less than a week was because their tanks got stuck in the mud on the sixty mile trek from Belarus to Kyiv! I’d have loved to see Trump’s reaction had Baier pointed out that initial attack took place in FEBRUARY when the ground was frozen solid. Alas, not even journalists from other networks would be so bold, much less a suck-up Fox toadie like Baier.
Still, that’s the takeaway from this short article from RBC Ukraine. Trump not only said Russian tanks/forces should have been in Kyiv in ‘five hours’, he took a veiled shot at his buddy Putin:
“He’s not looking good right now. And he wants to look good. Don’t forget, it was supposed to be over in a week. If he hadn’t gotten stuck in the mud with those army tanks all over the place, they would have been in Kyiv in about five hours,” Trump said.
You know what? Trump might want to rethink having a personal sit down with ole Pootie anytime soon. Vlad won’t be doing any Stormy Daniels smack on the butt with a rolled up magazine. Nope. He’ll thrash Trumpty’s fat white asscheeks with one of those paddles with holes in it like got used back when I was growing up! And after each whack Trump will be required to say not “Thank you sir! May I have another?” like Kevin Bacon’s character in Animal House. TRUMP will be required to shout “The ground there is FROZEN SOLID every February!” Because it is. Just like in Russia.
Trump however thinks he knows more than anyone on any subject so he bloviated a real doozy. Remember, this is a President who during his first term bragged he knew more than all “his” Generals! Trump doesn’t know dick. A couple of years polishing brass and boots (or rather like the other rich boys there paying other cadets to do it for him) and marching in formation does not a military education make. Well, for whatever reason Trumpty decided to let the world know his buddy Vlad FAILED while HE, ‘Trump the Great’ would not have. And why. Incredibly (to me) he actually tossed a mild insult Pootie’s way:
“He’s not looking good right now. And he wants to look good. Don’t forget, it was supposed to be over in a week. If he hadn’t gotten stuck in the mud with those army tanks all over the place, they would have been in Kyiv in about five hours,” Trump said.
Makes a person wonder if Trumpty miraculously grew perhaps half a testicle. No matter. Putin will the next time they meet pull out of set of pliers and squash it like a grape. Then in the least kind and gentle way possible explain to Trump how stupid he is and why he’s going to endure so much punishment. That butt-whipping I alluded to earlier.
Take a good look at the title picture. Specifically take a close look at the ground, bare earth under those destroyed Russian tanks. Do you see them mired in mud? Or an appreciable amount of mud at all? Of course not. It gets COLD in that region during the winter. Ground freezes rock solid deeper down than most roadbeds go. Sure, just like the tops of paved road things as heavy as tanks can tear up an inch or two of whatever’s beneath them, but if there’s one country that knows winter warfare it’s freaking Russia.
Putin knew damn well it would be a good six weeks before things started to thaw out. He wasn’t worried one bit, especially since he expected Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian government to flee in those first hours. If the airborne troops that tried and failed to take the airport didn’t kill Zelenskyy first. There are two reasons Putin and Russia failed.
First is that Putin, like most Russians deludes themselves into thinking Ukraine is and has always been part of Russia. AND that most people in Ukraine actually love Russia. The opposite is true. A thousand years ago Ukrainians migrated east, beyond their border. It was those people who would settle in, far from Kyiv in a new land and form their own then small country. Which would become a much larger one over time. That of course is something they try very hard to keep from being taught in Russia. Anyway Putin’s first problem was of his own creation. Due to that tiny peninsula when he took over Crimea Ukraine’s ability to fight back was limited.
However, in 2014 Putin also bum-rushed a couple of decent sized portions of land in eastern Ukraine. A LOT of Ukrainians fought there to take it back over the years. So, while Ukraine didn’t have large standing army they had a LARGE number of reservists. BATTLE HARDENED ones. Individually and collectively within hours they were shaking off any rust from the years since they’d fought Russian forces. AND they had weapons that were easy to master and deadly effective against armored vehicles and heavy trucks.
That brings us to the second blunder by Putin. Attacking Kyiv down a single effing road between it and Belarus. It was a replay of the ill-fated WWII Operation named Market Garden. Sixty miles up a main road. That operation failed. The highway between Belarus and Kyiv brought back memories of the “Highway of Death” in Iraq at the end of the first Gulf War. Had Putin not so badly misread the situation he’d have known Ukrainians would not just roll over. But he expected Zelenskyy and others to panic and flee but they didn’t. Putin lost right then and there. In the process a lot of impressive looking equipment turned out to be not all what they looked like. It turns out coats of fresh paint covered all kinds of deficiencies.
However the one thing that had NOTHING to do with that epic failure to take Kyiv was mud! Sure, once the spring thaw took place it would have been an issue but not in February when the invasion started! So we once again have Trump on TV trying to be some kind of military genius and instead looking like the clueless dumbass he is. It’s another reason for our longtime allies to say ‘You know what? Americans put this IDIOT in charge TWICE. We just can’t count on them anymore.’ They have already been working on getting by without us, or with far less U.S. assistance and this will only make them work harder and faster.
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“To quote Burt Ward in Risky Business “Sometimes you’ve gotta say what the f**k.””
Um, Denis? That was NOT Burt Ward. That was Curtis Armstrong (probably best-known as “Booger” from the “Revenge of the Nerds” films and he also had a supporting role on “Moonlighting” beginning in Season 3). Based on their IMDb.com pages, there *is* a slight resemblance between the two but that’s about it.
I’m confused, sir.
“Had Putin not so badly misread the situation he’d have known Ukrainians would just roll over.”
I thought that Ukrainians hated Russia with every fiber of their being. Did I misunderstand?
You can bet your ass that the clip of Trump excusing Putin’s military blunder by citing non-existent mud will be broadcast all over Europe. Already our former friends there despise us for being so stupid as to re-elect the ignoramus and for allowing him to turn our back on the West in favor of alignment with Russia’s corrupt regime. Every time Trump opens his uninformed mouth and spews more stupidity, the rest of the world hardens its aversion to America. We will pay dearly for this for years to come.
I hope Putin kills Trump (he will after he’s finished using him), and then that will give us the excuse to totally flatten all of Russia.
Putin’s illegal and brutal war on Ukraine is sufficient “excuse to totally flatten all of Russia,” or at least its military bits, and all we need to accomplish that is to arm the heroic Ukrainians properly. Even with us tying one hand behind its back, Ukraine is destroying Russi8a’s armies and has already shredded its military reputation and credibility.
Sounds like the Kumquat Kleptocrat is ready to do anything to sell his fantasies – even embrace climate change, since he appears to believe it affected Russia’s and Ukraine’s weather in 2024. (I don’t think it did to the extent he appears to be claiming.)