Tomorrow marks two years of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. My own assessment of what has been accomplished over the past 24 months differs a great deal from what we've been told by both mainstream and alternative media.

To put it simply, I contend that everyone is losing this war. Except for the space lizard oligarchs, of course. They are winning bigly.

I've been saying this since the first week of the SMO. And each time I make this argument, I receive messages (some more constructive and thoughtful than others) telling me that I am horribly mistaken and that I should listen to Scott Ritter.

I would like to take this opportunity to explain why I don't agree with Scott Ritter's assessment of the SMO.