W.Minh Tuan
These days of May 2023 are very important in the Russo-Ukrainian war, the battle in Bakhmut is very fierce and tough. The two sides Russia-Ukraine fight each other for every inch of land. The Russian side claims to have captured the entire city of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian side claims not, Russia has not captured all of Bakhmut, but Ukraine seems to admit that Russia has captured most of Bakhmut.
The war situation is so tough, yet Ukrainian President Zelensky goes abroad, in the style of shuttle diplomacy, to enlist the support of the world.
Indeed, actually I think President Zelensky did not need to do that. The world of peace loving is supporting Ukraine, no need for the president to travel to other countries.
The world needs President Zelensky to focus on directing war, commanding fighting, and winning in Ukraine, on the battlefields, not toasting at foreign hotels, at international conferences, far away from real battlefields.
Every moment the Ukrainian army won, it gained the support and aid of the whole world.
Every defeat of the Ukrainian army is that the world is cautious and does not dare to boldly support Ukraine.
Because the obvious truth of history is that people often support strong side, not support weak side, lose side..
Even if the prosperous side is the wrong side, is the aggressor, but if that wrong side wins, then the victor will write history the way they want, and the whole world must accept.
As for the right side, the invaded side, even though the whole world has mercy and sympathy for them, but if they lose the battle and disappear on the historical map, the world can only shed tears of sorrow, but can no longer support the losing side.
That is the obvious truth, the harsh truth in all historical events.
How many peoples and countries have disappeared on the historical map, just because of losing the battle, just because of cowardice, just because of playfulness, just because of making serious strategic mistakes.
Therefore, Mr. President of Ukraine Zelensky, please don’t be too preoccupied with your diplomatic trips abroad, but focus on directing the war within your own Ukraine territory.
Please, President Zelensky of Ukraine, remember that once your army loses the battle, once the Russian flag flutters everywhere in your Ukraine country, then the peace-loving world will also take off its hats of silence, and will say that “Well, I don’t dare to support you anymore”.
Please, President Zelensky, do not rely too much on Western weapons.
Although modern, plenty and powerful weapons, weapons, missiles, tanks, airplane,,, cannot replace brave Ukrainian soldiers and commanders, who determined, dare to fight and know how to fight.
I look at the video clips of your Ukrainian soldiers’ battles, I see that they waste too much weapons, bullets, it seems they shoot at birds, shoot trees, shoot up to the clouds, to the wind, and not much to hit accurately at the Russian targets.
If your Ukrainian soldiers keep fighting like “shooting the birds, shooting the wind”, the entire defense industry of the world will not be able to produce enough ammunition and weapons to supply the Ukrainian army.
All defense industry of America, France, Germany, England, Italia,,,can not produce and provide enough weapon and bullets for your Ukraine soldiers if your soldiers keep shooting to the empty target too much.
During the Vietnam War, for each cannon, if a gunner fired up to 3 shots without hitting the target, he was classified as a poor shooter, and was replaced by other gunners who shot better.
During the Vietnam War, the communist Vietnamese army used weapons and ammunition very effectively, very economically, considered guns, bullets, gasoline as blood and bone, and protected weapon, bullets, gasoline as protecting their own lives.
Mr. President of Ukraine Zelensky, if your government is constantly begging for weapons from countries around the world, it will create a mentality of dependence on weapons in your Ukrainian army, not dependence on your own soldiers and commanders.
And that will be a disaster.
No weapon can replace the ingenuity and courage of soldiers and commanders on the battlefield.
During the Vietnam War, if Vietnam had not shot down 15 B52 strategic aircraft by the end of 1972, the Americans would not have signed the Paris Peace Agreement in January 1973.
Wars are decided on the battlefield, not at the diplomatic table. ///