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You don't do war crimes unless you expect to get away with it, which means either you're fighting a war that more powerful nations don't care about, or you expe
by Johnny555 5y ago
You don't do war crimes unless you expect to get away with it, which means either you're fighting a war that more powerful nations don't care about, or you expect to win it.
I think it's the later - Putin is not going to lose this war since he's racking up hundreds of billions if not trillions of dollars of damage and compensation for injury/death that Russia would have a hard time paying for if he admits defeat.
- colechristensen 5y agoOr some powerful group with slightly more sense or at least ambition in Russia will stage a coup.
- Johnny555 5y agoRight now, I think that's the best the world could hope for. But seems decreasingly likely the longer this goes on, they already have ample incentive to do so now.