Russia/Ukraine tensions - Any concern?

well David...not surprising at all actually.  The Russian army though large has a large portion (roughly 1 in 4) of it consisting of ill trained short term conscripts and most damningly.. as any military person knows.. the backbone of any effective army is its NCO's.  The Russian army has next to no tradition of a professional NCO class. It has worked on implementing a professional NCO system probably in reaction to that incident in 2019 where a Russian conscript shot and killed 8 of his fellow soldiers .. describing his life in the Russian army as.... hell 

but according to the latest reports are still far from achieving that goal of a a professional army.

not surprising the in least they are as unmotivated and ineffective as they appear in the present invasion.  True to form with the Russian military.. they never progressed past early 20th century tactics that involve sending conscript canon fodder in to die until they overwhelm an adversary. I am curious with the special knowledge Russians have in the dangers of urban fighting.. just how far they go in pulverizing Ukraine's cities thus making them even more dangerous to attack and harder to eliminate opposing forces than they were already. Then again from what we have seen already.. hard to attribute any strategic or tactical good sense on the Russians in this war. 

You did not write million, you wrote millions (with an s). You never, ever admit being incorrect, do you? Did you bother checking the Yalta vs Nato dates? Did you look up (or were too lazy) to lookup Srebenica vs Nato bombing dates? Of course not! Guess what, you can have opinions all the way to Uranus and back , but facts , like dates and places, you cannot ALTER to fit your opinions. You are either a lawyer wannabe or a testa dura stancante . I am a bit harsh because you keep insisting on being right and never admit that you are distorting PROVEN facts to meet your agenda. Which is why your credibility has gone out the window. As far as Europe is concerned, as well as much of what you state being correct, only serves to further confuse and dilute your said "opinions" . Its too bad, you started out real smart..... but trying to educate us with the use of an imperative tone , as if some know-it-all messiah, when riddled with so MANY factual errors is disturbing. Please read back your monologues! If you feel so strongly about NATO, start a political party, convert the masses with your Piazza Venezia-like rhetoric and presto....no more NATO, by election and vox populi. In the meantime, the words of Juan Carlos directed at Chavez are quite opportune: "Por favor, calla te" . 

I'm not sure whether you are being facetious (i.e. flippant about a serious subject) and I may well be demonstrating my naivete by even involving myself in this discussion, however I don't think whether something can be classified as genocide has anything to do with numbers.

the Right Wing are funny:  sometimes it's as if they know (the smarter ones at least) that most of their views regarding social & international politics are not only frowned upon by a majority, but ethically appalling by any normal standard.   Then when they get caught gleefully supporting a crazed dictator, attending White Power meetings, blocking adult women from having abortions, and actively seek to prevent people of color from voting, they change the subject, turn and run away.

Dennis Miller is a Bill O'Reilly apologist and a huge disappointment.