we were mistaken to go after Cuba. I am not the exceptionalism you are. There can be two bad guys, or more, in my world.
It might not have necessarily been you. But your Ukrainian troll pals went on and on how all this would bring Russia back to the dark ages, bring them to their knees, Kremlin coup, Putin's blood cancer and Parkinsons, Lukashenko needs listerine, Himars, blah blah blah, etc etc.
But it's their pile of rubble. That may be a fight worth having for them. Especially as many Ukrainians remember what the Russians have done to their particular pile of rubble in the past and really dont want to trade freedom for peace. It's funny how self determination only applies to one side.
They have destroyed the east where the russians are. Most of Ukraine is fine. Heck that was the argument one of the three were making here about Kievians going to the river beach in their own city. They're slavs, they are willing to tolerate a lot in the face of an outside threat. Germany and the west are not, so it wouldnt suprise me at all to see Ukraine outlast their support from most of the EU.Seems pretty simple, wreck the Ukraine until they bend the knee or there isn't anything else to wreck. That's more or less done, new objective opened... wreck Germany economically until they bend the knee. We'll see how it plays out over the next couple of years. Very little risk to Russia with potential large reward.
Your Ukrainian friends can go take that pile of rubble here and there, but in the big scheme of things... nothing is going to change. American soldiers probably retook the same pile of rocks repeatedly in Afghanistan, so? They eventually had to run to get on those C-17s.
The only areas Russia can maintain long-term is areas where the people want them there. Its mostly about destroying it all.... turn it to piles of rubble. They seem pretty good at it to be honest.
No. I want Russia and Ukraine to find a peaceful solution. I've said that before.
