Western Escalation in Ukraine: Sending in Armor - But is it Too Little Too Late?

Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for January 6, 2023: - After over a week, the Western media continues talking about Ukraine’s HIMARS strike on assembled Russian troops; - The focus on political optics inadvertently reveals the lack of strategic and tactical importance of this strike and highlights the lopsided nature of fighting against Ukraine; - Russia possesses many times more means and opportunities to carry out such strikes and does so nearly daily; - Western pundits are resorting to increasingly fantastical thinking to solve what they admit is Ukraine’s inability to defeat Russia; - France has agreed to send an unspecified number of its aging AMX-10 RC light tanks; - The light tanks are wheeled, have light armor, and will not be able to replace the main battle tanks Ukraine has lost over the last year of fighting; - The US is contemplating sending Bradley infantry fighting vehicles - even less capable than France’s AMX-10 RC; - Both Western systems wil