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> But this war in Ukraine showed one simple truth: if you arm the population, the invasion can only destroy the infrastructure. There are no simple conclusions

by qqtt 5y ago

> But this war in Ukraine showed one simple truth: if you arm the population, the invasion can only destroy the infrastructure. There are no simple conclusions about what is happening right now in Ukraine, and it is a fool's errand to declare any kind of conclusion 10 days into an invasion which already displaced millions of people and in which almost every major Ukrainian city is under siege teetering on the edge. Russia's economy destroyed? Ukraine successfully resisted the invasion? All Russia can do is destroy infrastructure? All those jumping to conclusions regarding the Ukraine situation remind me of Bush standing in front of a Mission Accomplished banner after 20 days of the Iraq invasion.

turndown 5y ago
>the Ukraine situation remind me of Bush standing in front of a Mission Accomplished banner after 20 days of the Iraq invasion. So your response to others jumping to conclusions is to do so yourself? Your analogy doesn't make a lot of sense either, Bush was the invader claiming victory, not the local population saying they would resist until death(which seems to be fairly accurate in the case of Ukraine so far.)
dragonelite 5y ago
It's such a weird situation right now everybody went from virus and vaccine expert to geopolitical expert within 10 min. It took the West like a year of sanctions and aerial bombardment, then 3 weeks of "Shock and awe" to take over an Arab nations. If there is one thing modern day arabs are known for is they cant do modern warfare. Now take Ukraine its like 40% bigger than Iraq so i think its save to say it should take Russia like 5 weeks to beat the West without sanctions on Ukraine without months of Aerial bombardment. If at the end of this months no peace deal is agreed on between Russia and the Ukraine then it's should be seen as a hick up. But it might also become a multi year invasion every thing is possible in war.
- canadianfella 5y ago
- aiProgMach 5y ago
  > If there is one thing modern day arabs are known for is they cant do modern warfare. > It's such a weird situation right now everybody went from virus and vaccine expert to geopolitical expert within 10 min.

by qqtt 5y ago

turndown 5y ago

>the Ukraine situation remind me of Bush standing in front of a Mission Accomplished banner after 20 days of the Iraq invasion. So your response to others jumping to conclusions is to do so yourself? Your analogy doesn't make a lot of sense either, Bush was the invader claiming victory, not the local population saying they would resist until death(which seems to be fairly accurate in the case of Ukraine so far.)

dragonelite 5y ago

It's such a weird situation right now everybody went from virus and vaccine expert to geopolitical expert within 10 min. It took the West like a year of sanctions and aerial bombardment, then 3 weeks of "Shock and awe" to take over an Arab nations. If there is one thing modern day arabs are known for is they cant do modern warfare. Now take Ukraine its like 40% bigger than Iraq so i think its save to say it should take Russia like 5 weeks to beat the West without sanctions on Ukraine without months of Aerial bombardment. If at the end of this months no peace deal is agreed on between Russia and the Ukraine then it's should be seen as a hick up. But it might also become a multi year invasion every thing is possible in war.

canadianfella 5y ago
aiProgMach 5y ago
> If there is one thing modern day arabs are known for is they cant do modern warfare. > It's such a weird situation right now everybody went from virus and vaccine expert to geopolitical expert within 10 min.