Is Colonel Cassad Accurate? Reader Q&A; Huge Trap?

Reader comments are sometimes quite amusing. At other times they are quite on target. Of course, beauty is the eyes of the beholder.
For example on February 3, reader Yuri Sergeev asked “WHAT HAPPENED TO THE “ENCIRCLED” Illovaisk Ukrainian troops? Did I tell you that Colonel Cassad is a simple pro-Kremlin troll who is full or crap? I did? Well, here you are.”
Are bold caps meant to impress, or do they mean something else?
Meanwhile reader Fedwatcher commented “It is important to know when you have lost and need to step away from the table. Because neocons run our government (yes Obama is also a neocon), we keep digging the hole deeper and weaken our position. We can afford to lose this battle while Putin cannot.”
Let’s examine those questions and comments starting with Yuri Sergeev’s question on encirclement.
Map of Major Military Operations February 4, 2015

This post was published at Global Economic Analysis on Saturday, February 07, 2015.