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Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Kingbeewillsee(m): 3:22pm On Jul 05, 2022
watersideboys:
They can't even beat Ukraine talk more of NATO.
Well Ukraine is collecting weapon from USA without those USA weapon Ukraine would have been defeated within a month or two
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Kingbeewillsee(m): 3:23pm On Jul 05, 2022
Masterito:
So US support for Taliban is enough to defeat Russia. Then imagine how strong the US is.
Lol and supporting Taliban has come to bite USA in the Ass cause of Osama bin Laden and USA invasion of Afghanistan in 2004
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by bizzibodi(m): 3:24pm On Jul 05, 2022
ken6488:
Nukes are part of warfare

USA used them before na?
Nukes na ojoro!
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Nobody: 3:26pm On Jul 05, 2022
Opolopoopolonio:
Don't be deceived by the Donbas. The West may deliberately want Ukraine to give it up for peace to reign. Afterall, the Donbas has been at war for the past 8 years.

If Russia want anything more, they will see HELL!!! angry
You are the one thinking on behalf of the west all the way from Nigeria eh, hmm NATO mouth piece do you have any evidence or link to back up your claim?

Nairaland i hail oooo
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Kingbeewillsee(m): 3:26pm On Jul 05, 2022
Masterito:
You have half baked knowledge. You know nothing about Vietnam war.
So why did America withdrew from the war? undecided if they know they can't win the war against north Vietnam same thing with korea they were forced to withdrew north korea due to China pushing them back during the Korean war
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Kingbeewillsee(m): 3:27pm On Jul 05, 2022
bizzibodi:
Nukes na ojoro!
They can't use it cause of the UN
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by wiseoneking: 3:28pm On Jul 05, 2022
Nazgul:
There's nothing special about Russia. The west is just afraid of their nukes.

Without those nukes, there's nothing special about the Russia military. Hitler and his tiny Germany invaded them in WW2 when they were still solvet union and about 10 times the size of Germany; and almost succeeded if not for the Russian winter and logistics problems.

NATO can take on Russia in an invasion warfare but if Russia decides to deploy their nukes on American and British cities, the tide of the battle would change, cos no one is ready to gamble millions of lives of her citizens over a war that could have been avoided.

This is what America and her allies are afraid of.
Not entirely true though about Nukes. I just look up to comparison between Russia and America in terms of nukes, Russia is slightly 300 higher than Americans. But the truth is that America has the largest anti missiles system of any nation. Then Israel and Russia. Russian anti missiles system is quite less than that of America.
The difference between Russia and America NATO alliance is that the former doesn't care about the destruction of the world but the later is extremely careful about the impact even if they won.
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by aariwa(m): 3:31pm On Jul 05, 2022
Nazgul:
There's nothing special about Russia. The west is just afraid of their nukes.

Without those nukes, there's nothing special about the Russia military. Hitler and his tiny Germany invaded them in WW2 when they were still solvet union and about 10 times the size of Germany; and almost succeeded if not for the Russian winter and logistics problems.

NATO can take on Russia in an invasion warfare but if Russia decides to deploy their nukes on American and British cities, the tide of the battle would change, cos no one is ready to gamble millions of lives of her citizens over a war that could have been avoided.

This is what America and her allies are afraid of.
He was ex marine and did 20 years like many before him so nobody takes his opinion seriously because there are hundreds of thousands like that had done same job for marines .His opinion I think from the placard before him titled biden doctrine, Is probably tainted with politics which is common with a lot of these folks that supported trump. They have now pushed forward with daily hate against America but anyone who is misguided and think they can challenge America should first read and watch WW2 .That war was the largest single military operation in a theater of war in the history of mankind.America doesn’t tell anybody what it has but when you try you see
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Kingsnairaland(m): 3:35pm On Jul 05, 2022
Nazgul:
Lol...Normandy invasion was in 1944, by then Germany had already lost the war, they were just fighting to keep their heads from drowning. Hitler had executed Erwin Rommel (one if the brightest German field marshal whom even the allies respected) and other high ranking generals. They lacked man power.

The Invasion of the Solvet union was done around June 1941 when the 3rd Reich (German high command) was at the height of it's power. They swept through the cities of Russia and were brought to a complete halt at the beginning of the winter. And since they weren't equipped for a winter warfare, they suffered fom logistics problems, supplies couldn't get to them, the Russians countered them by January 1942 and pushed them back.

If you must know, the Western allies didn't win WW2, Russia won it. Cos even the German high command admitted that they lost more than 70% of their manpower on the Eastern front.

The battle of Normandy was just to liberate France from Germany control after it became obvious that they had lost the war. The battles of Starlingard and Kursk alone, claimed more than 10 million lives including civilians.
Many still think USA won the war lol.
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by ken6488(m): 3:36pm On Jul 05, 2022
bizzibodi:
Nukes na ojoro!
usa is the only country to use nukes in a war
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Electorate: 3:36pm On Jul 05, 2022
uniquetechng:
Don't believe or trust Americans , they are masters in mind games.

US keep developing dangerous weapons without announcing or making details public.

Remember US annual defence budget is $750bn annually while that of Russia is $56bn , so what do you think America do with $750bn defence budget annually ? Yeah building unclassified weapons.

Till this day no one knows the bomb US used in Hiroshima, not even the Russians can tell.
Your post reeks of ignorance, how old are you? A teenager I guess....

Common sense did not tell you the US inflated defense budget is used to buy military weapons she distributes to terrorist organization globally and of course replenish their defense warehouse after series of wars with weak Nations with the most recent example the defeat to Afganistan.

Plus, simple google search could have answered the question of which bomb the US used in Hiroshima, mind you Russia has the largest stockpile of that bomb in the world...The name of the bomb Nuclear Weapon (Bomb)

Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by ken6488(m): 3:38pm On Jul 05, 2022
Masterito:
Your question was trash in the first place. I hope you are aware Taliban defeated Russia and chased them away. America chose when to leave Afghanistan willingly while in charge of Afghanistan while Russia was chased out.
ussr not Russia

Russia has won multiple wars
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by SenatePresdo(m): 3:39pm On Jul 05, 2022
Opolopoopolonio:
US is yet to invade any of its neighbours.

Nevertheless, the US could have stopped other countries from having nukes especially Russia. They had the power to at the time.
US can't invade its neighbours, because there is no need for that. Canada and Mexico are US allies, so why should they invade them?

US that invades countries far away from its continent, can actually invade a neighbouring country if there was a need to.

US of America never had the power to stop Russia from developing any weapon at any point in history.
Go and check Cold War.

USA used their first Nuke in 1945 while Russia tested its first Nuke in 1949, just 4 years later.

It's because of the threat US posed to world security that made other countries seek for Nukes.

If Japan had Nukes, USA wouldn't have nuked innocent civilians in hiroshima.

Don't be biased because US controls media.
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Akalia(m): 3:40pm On Jul 05, 2022
Spirit04:
lmao you have zero idea what you even talking about. F35 is slower, weaker carry less payload, can never even dare enter fighting space without f22 around. F22 can fight alone without F35. F22 is not badass, it is their most powerful jet
You be JJC, to make an argument with you dey shame me because I am condescending so low due to your poor and limited knowledge of the subject. Pls swerve. Go argue with novices in your category.
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Kingsnairaland(m): 3:44pm On Jul 05, 2022
OK2NVME:
The Russians defeated the greatest army to ever exist - Hitler's Wehrmacht!

From the ashes of Stalingrad where the Germans held the Russians in a seige and inflicted a whooping 20million deaths , the Russians slowly crawled out and began a counter offensive putsch that drove the Germans 1,700 miles back to Berlin.

Russia is the only nation/empire never to have been conquered by a foreign invader.

The Swedes, Napoleon , Germans were all defeated on Russian soil.

The title of where Empires go and die should be Russia and not Afghanistan.

There is something about the Slav. He is determined to survive . Growing up in the harsh winters of Rus land creates such a formidable opponent that will refuse to stay down despite being knocked to the ground.

The reason why would be invaders always repeat the folly of the past invaders is because at first glance, Russia is begging to be invaded. Large swath of flat land with no natural barriers between Europe and Russia makes a land invasion a very tempting prospect for any would be invader. Hitler wanted to drive the Slavs beyond the Ural mountains and occupy all of the land before it in his Lebensraum goal aka "living space" for the Third Reich.

America and NATO however want all of Russia beyond the Ural mountains up to its eastern most flank. A tall order none the less but this is typical PAX American expansionist over ambitions mixed with Anglo Saxon constant degrading of perceived rivals which that chalk island known as Britain is used to .
. Exactly USA needs russia resources that why they expand nato but they will all fall before Russia.
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by ken6488(m): 3:44pm On Jul 05, 2022
Opolopoopolonio:
Don't be deceived by the Donbas. The West may deliberately want Ukraine to give it up for peace to reign. Afterall, the Donbas has been at war for the past 8 years.

If Russia want anything more, they will see HELL!!! angry
are you ashamed at all
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by abbey621(m): 3:44pm On Jul 05, 2022
Kingbeewillsee:
So why did America withdrew from the war? undecided if they know they can't win the war against north Vietnam same thing with korea they were forced to withdrew north korea due to China pushing them back during the Korean war
Keep shut.....You think the USA is like Nigeria where the government does not care about public opinion. They left the Vietnam war because public opinion no longer supported the war, the people saw it as a waste and a non American problem. Election time was getting nearer and the polls suggest a massive backlash for the ruling party. Make una try do some research ebfore commenting, all this shit is online just read man!
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by NOETHNICITY(m): 3:46pm On Jul 05, 2022
Not withstanding the flurry of weapons to ukraine, Russia overran Lyschyance 3 days ago and they are set to shift focus on Donbass proper.
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Kingbeewillsee(m): 3:47pm On Jul 05, 2022
Kingsnairaland:
Many still think USA won the war lol.
Yes your right But they do defeated the Japanese and without USA fighting the Japanese i don't think British, Netherlands and France would have been able to defeat Japan and take back their colony
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Nobody: 3:47pm On Jul 05, 2022
wiseoneking:
Not entirely true though about Nukes. I just look up to comparison between Russia and America in terms of nukes, Russia is slightly 300 higher than Americans. But the truth is that America has the largest anti missiles system of any nation. Then Israel and Russia. Russian anti missiles system is quite less than that of America.
The difference between Russia and America NATO alliance is that the former doesn't care about the destruction of the world but the later is extremely careful about the impact even if they won.
Bro I would disagree with you, having the largest anti missile system doesn’t guarantee defense, it’s the most accurate and reliable defense system that does the job and the s-400 and s-500 (which is capable of intercepting hypersonic missile) will do the job effectively.

I will also disagree with your last statement, if Russia doesn’t care about destruction, they would have bombed Ukraine to Stone Age just like America (NATO) bombed Yugoslavia in 1999.

Russia has been very careful to avoid civilian casualties to least number that’s why they have just been striking military and weapons bases.
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Kingbeewillsee(m): 3:49pm On Jul 05, 2022
abbey621:
Keep shut.....You think the USA is like Nigeria where the governemnt does not care about public opinion. They left the Vietnam war because public opinion no longer supported the war, the people saw it as a waste and a non American problem. Election time was getting nearer and the polls suggest a massive backlash for the ruling party. Make una try do some research ebfore commenting, all this shit is online just read man!
I know cause the public was against the war you should still know USA would still not been able to win the war..
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Nobody: 3:49pm On Jul 05, 2022
shaggy007:
Look at these neophytes still talking about Russia not defeating Ukraine.

You have no idea of the amount of cunningness Russia is using to prevent the US from studying their weapons.

The US wants to know the type of weapons Russia has, that's why they instigated the Ukraine war.

But Russia didn't fall for that.

That's why they're using outdated weapons and taking their time with Ukraine.

Please, don't come here with beer parlour analysis.

Watch the news and listen to both sides, don't just listen to one side.
You're the one doing the perfect beer parlour analysis. Some imagination you coined up from nowhere.

For a country that makes so much mouth as Russia, complicated and covert weapons ain't needed to defeat Ukraine if it's so easy for them. There're innumerable weapons today which all countries know that the likes of Russia, United States, China etc has, and doesn't need any hiding.
Russia lacks military sagacity
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Nobody: 3:51pm On Jul 05, 2022
EmiDon11:
russia is not fighting ukraine only.,
Russia is fighting the whole of NATO!
What's this one saying?

Do u know what it means to fight NATO?
How many standard NATO war Arsenals have u heard been shipped to Ukraine? How many NATO soldiers have been sent to Ukraine?

Russia won't last 3 weeks against NATO as a force
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by themanderon: 3:53pm On Jul 05, 2022
WhatchDoGG:
You are just like Putin oga, lying in other to convince or sound relevant ;? Oga I watched a Russian YouTube documentary by some Russian business men few days ago so stop telling people lies grin grin grin
Lolzz The news outlet I got the facts from which have been corroborated by even some of these American non-mainstream media have confirmed this. Wean yourself from mainstream media like CNN, the BBC and the likes and get the true facts on the ground. Russian dissident businessmen can say whatever they like.
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Tchalz(m): 3:53pm On Jul 05, 2022
Opolopoopolonio:
Nonsense!

This is one cowardly soldier probably working for the Russians.

If not for Truman, George Patton and Douglas MacArthur were ready to take on the Russians during WWII.

In fact, Patton once said if he found himself between the Germans and Russians, he would shoot both ways... grin

This Scott Ritter is the kind of person that allowed Russia to build a nuke in the first instance just because they don't want to fight another major war with Russia. Russia should NEVER have been allowed to have nukes!!
Grief...America used an atomic bomb on cities, yet she wasn't brought to her knees. Another acquires hers as a deterrent, the whole world cries foul.Continue wailing
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by kayjay69(m): 3:55pm On Jul 05, 2022
Ron Paul Liberty Report

I hope you are aware that Senator Ron Paul has had his campaign, past and present, financed by the Russians. The same Ron Paul who voted against sending a military aid package to Ukraine.

I do hope you did the tiniest bit of research before coming to post this.

Anyway, most nairalanders are gullible, they'll just lap up whatever you throw at them, no questions asked.
WriterNig:
U.S Army & Marine Intelligence Officer, Scott Ritter;


Scott Ritter is an external Contributor to Energy Intelligence. He is a former US Marine Corps Intelligence Officer whose service over a 20-plus-year career included tours of duty in the former Soviet Union implementing arms control agreements, serving on the staff of US Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War and later as a Chief Weapons Inspector with the UN in Iraq from 1991-98.
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by abbey621(m): 3:55pm On Jul 05, 2022
Kingbeewillsee:
I know cause the public was against the war you should still know USA would still not been able to win the war..
How do you know that? Wars are fought based on funds, if the public suppoorted the war, more funds would have been made available and a larger scale operation could occur. Go and check the sentiments back in the 1970s, most people were anti war unlike the 1940s where most Americans wanted war.
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Masterito(m): 3:56pm On Jul 05, 2022
You are making things worse
ken6488:
ussr not Russia

Russia has won multiple wars
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Idaytesj29(m): 3:56pm On Jul 05, 2022
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Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by kayjay69(m): 3:56pm On Jul 05, 2022
Ron Paul Liberty Report

I hope you are aware that Senator Ron Paul has had his campaign, past and present, financed by the Russians. The same Ron Paul who voted against sending a military aid package to Ukraine.

I do hope you did the tiniest bit of research before coming to post this.

Anyway, most nairalanders are gullible, they'll just lap up whatever you throw at them, no questions asked.

Look at how much Russia is struggling in Ukraine and someone comes to say they will win a war against NATO and you believe. Damn, people are gullible.
WriterNig:
U.S Army & Marine Intelligence Officer, Scott Ritter;


Scott Ritter is an external Contributor to Energy Intelligence. He is a former US Marine Corps Intelligence Officer whose service over a 20-plus-year career included tours of duty in the former Soviet Union implementing arms control agreements, serving on the staff of US Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War and later as a Chief Weapons Inspector with the UN in Iraq from 1991-98.
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Tchalz(m): 3:58pm On Jul 05, 2022
abbey621:
Keep shut.....You think the USA is like Nigeria where the government does not care about public opinion. They left the Vietnam war because public opinion no longer supported the war, the people saw it as a waste and a non American problem. Election time was getting nearer and the polls suggest a massive backlash for the ruling party. Make una try do some research ebfore commenting, all this shit is online just read man!
Did public opinion affect the massive losses they suffered in terms of equipment and manpower?? They failed! Same way the Ukrainians are claiming victory in Kyiv when the Russian Forces withdrew
Re: Scott Ritter: US-NATO Cannot Win Russia In A Large Scale War by Idaytesj29(m): 4:01pm On Jul 05, 2022
Nazgul:
There's nothing special about Russia. The west is just afraid of their nukes.

Without those nukes, there's nothing special about the Russia military. Hitler and his tiny Germany invaded them in WW2 when they were still solvet union and about 10 times the size of Germany; and almost succeeded if not for the Russian winter and logistics problems.

NATO can take on Russia in an invasion warfare but if Russia decides to deploy their nukes on American and British cities, the tide of the battle would change, cos no one is ready to gamble millions of lives of her citizens over a war that could have been avoided.

This is what America and her allies are afraid of.
They need not be afraid, nukes are insignificant achievement, Russia is ordinary not special.
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