I had this on earlier. REAL LONG 3:15:00. Stopped. Still not done. The last 30 min is questions. Maybe his best on the Ukr war. he does 90% of the talking they mostly ask questions. I did not now all his experiences. He seems to know details on lots of weapons. He said it took his marines 2 1/2 years to train to proficiency in some area. Us gave Ukr 1 month training in this. He went into details on the Ukr tactics from NATO in the current counter-offensive.
He said he spent months with computer based simulations planning part of the first gulf war and the US marines got hurt bad until he tweaked things. He was dragged out of the amphibious warfare unit and into high level planning. In reality the marines did better than expected and better than the army. I think the army generals wanted the marines to do something stupid and they refused and did things their way. Anyway, he describes how the Ukr counter attack is flawed and what he would do in their place.
He goes into the different tanks etc. Lots of details. We sent Strykers. He said they require lots of training just to use the automatic suspension system. If not done well, they shred the tires. Will the Ukr troops be that well trained? Even US army shredded their tires. He said the US towed lots of equipment toward Baghdad because they broke. Luckily there was no attack on them doing that.
He went on a one month visit to Russia recently with his daughter, in part pushing his recent book. Lots of observations. The good economy and construction was a shock. US sanctions accidentally helped the Russian economy. In part by keeping capital inside Russia.
He predicts most fighting ends by end of summer if Ukr keeps sending their troops to be killed in the counter-offensive. but he heard a possible political change from a Russian. Zelensky loses election in Mar 2024?
https://youtu.be/GBZF9LCTyqYThe next wave of the counteroffensive w/Scott Ritter (Live)
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