Courtesy of Mish.
Reader comments are sometimes quite amusing. At other times they are quite on target. Of course, beauty is the eyes of the beholder.
For example on February 3, reader Yuri Sergeev asked “WHAT HAPPENED TO THE “ENCIRCLED” Illovaisk Ukrainian troops? Did I tell you that Colonel Cassad is a simple pro-Kremlin troll who is full or crap? I did? Well, here you are.“
Are bold caps meant to impress, or do they mean something else?
Meanwhile reader Fedwatcher commented “It is important to know when you have lost and need to step away from the table. Because neocons run our government (yes Obama is also a neocon), we keep digging the hole deeper and weaken our position. We can afford to lose this battle while Putin cannot.“
Let’s examine those questions and comments starting with Yuri Sergeev’s question on encirclement.
Map of Major Military Operations February 4, 2015
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I ask reader Yuri “What the hell is it about that map that you dispute?”
Personally, I do not give a damn what Colonel Cassad stands for or what side he is on. All I care about is the accuracy of what he says. And unlike most of Western news media, Cassad is not all one sided.
When the separatists take a hit, Cassad says so. That immediately raises Cassad’s stature (in regards to accuracy of reporting) in my eyes.
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