The US Army is waiting for an imminent defeat in the land war with Russia, according to former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter. His article about a possible military confrontation between Washington and Moscow and the reasons that can lead to this is published by RT.
A war between America and Russia, according to Scott, is possible after Ukraine joins NATO. Once under the "umbrella" of the alliance's air defense, having received - like Poland and Romania - advanced intelligence and weapons systems, Kiev will want to regain Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the same thing at a recent press conference.
Moscow will certainly react - most likely in some asymmetric and especially offensive way for Kiev - and NATO will face the need to fight, according to article 5 of the Washington Collective Defense Treaty. Explaining the recent decision to send three thousand more American soldiers to Europe, US President Joe Biden said: "We will convince our NATO allies in Eastern Europe that Article 5 is a sacred obligation."
"As someone who once trained to fight the Soviet Army, I can confirm that a war with Russia would be unlike anything the American military has ever experienced," Ritter writes. - The US Army would face defeat on a scale unprecedented in American history. In short, it would be a rout.
The intelligence officer recalled the power of Russian artillery and that the US army is too dependent on GPS navigation and satellite communications, its air defense is weak, and the chances of surviving a collision with a strong enemy are negligible.
"20 years of low-intensity conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have taught us that every American life is precious, that every effort will be made to evacuate the wounded so that they can quickly receive the necessary help," Ritter continues. - This is pure fiction in a large-scale war. Helicopters will not come for the wounded - they will be shot down. Ambulances will not arrive - they will be destroyed as soon as possible. There will be no field hospitals either - they will be captured by Russian mobile forces. There will be death and destruction.
Anton Valagin
