• justastranger@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    It’s like every time there’s a war everybody forgets how fucking long they take. WW2 took six years. The Vietnam War took almost 20 years, same with the Afghanistan War. Anybody expecting anything solid within the next couple years is delusional. Ukraine is in it for the long haul.

    • SheeEttin@lemmy.worldBanned
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      2 years ago

      That’s not strictly true. On the short end, there was the six-day war. On the long end, there was the hundred years’ war.

      Putin was clearly aiming for the short option, but then I suppose most belligerents usually are.

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      2 years ago

      We can hope Putin dies from being an old fuck and Russia gives up

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        2 years ago

        The US is on its last legs though. It badly needed this win. The US falls before Putin dies.

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              2 years ago

              Lol literally every single line of that post is absolutely nonsense.

              The US is on its last legs though.

              Lol in what universe? By way metric is the most powerful nation in the world limping along?

              It badly needed this win.

              If we badly needed a win we wouldn’t be sending 30+ year-old surplus gear. Ukraine would have F-35s instead of the air force trying to pawn off A-10s because we’re retiring them and don’t want to break them down.

              The US falls before Putin dies.

              Unless he’s a Highlander there’s no fucking chance.

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          2 years ago

          I always take a peek at the comment history when I see things like this. And this guy basically just woke up to say things like this in one specific thread.

          I’m no longer a mod of anything these days, but if I had a mod-hammer I’d send you into the next galaxy.

          • rjs001@lemmygrad.ml
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            2 years ago

            To say the truth. The Us is collapsing and soon their Nazi vassals in Ukraine and Isntreal will also suffer a complete and utter collapse (god willing)

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      2 years ago

      That’s because it isn’t really about any particular military objective, it’s about creating business for the war industry.