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What to Believe? [1]

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Date: 2023-11-16

WARNING: I’m in a state of mortal horror and angst. Everything I’m reading (and writing) right now is full of woe and deep trepidation. I get that way sometimes, lately, more often than not.

So, this morning, I read this:

bulgarianmilitary.com/…

I am afraid all is doom and gloom for our poor Ukranian friends. Apparently, the Paladin (an American 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzer) can’t usually hit the side of a very large barn.

OK, so everything written isn’t necessarily true. This article starkly contrasts what we regularly read here on DK. So my problem and question is: Who is telling the truth? Are we here at DK just being fed what we want to hear?

I could list all the wonderful projections of future dramatic success Ukraine would experience once Western armor reached the battlefield, how HIMARS would change the battlefield, and how cluster munitions were THE missing ingredient that would send those Orcs running in droves. Every prognostication has proven to be an overstatement of what would happen. We hear story after story about the poor, drug-addled Russian soldiers, forced to endure unimaginable hardship and of their army on the verge of complete and utter collapse. Yet, the collapse never comes.

My problem is not limited to the war in Ukraine, unfortunately. How many times has it been “obvious” to everyone here that Trump’s complete and utter elimination from politics was right around the corner? How many acts of insurrection must he perform before the other side gets it?

Nothing makes sense anymore. Everything is falling apart. There is no hope. We are all destined for Gulags because we read this.

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