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> This is more like when the US attacked Libya and it was over in two weeks. If by over you mean becoming a failed state and years of subsequent civil war then
by zarzavat 5y ago
> This is more like when the US attacked Libya and it was over in two weeks.
If by over you mean becoming a failed state and years of subsequent civil war then yes.
Putin will face a similar problem in Ukraine, he can punish it but he won’t be able to hold it because the population absolutely hates Russia’s guts.
- lrhegeba 5y agoPutin won't care, he will most likely install a regime of Ukraine nationals. As Putin talks of nazis and the need to "purge": this time less like Yanukovitch, more like the brutal Chechen Kadyrow. very depressing
- zarzavat 5y agoI don’t see Putin being able to build the organs of a pro-Russian state in Ukraine, even a repressive one. The population is far too hostile to the idea, and too militarized. In my opinion the more likely outcome if Putin doesn’t stop is Syria: total collapse, the civilian population flees and only militants remain.
- ironcurtain 5y ago
- bronson 5y ago