> People forget it took the US 3 weeks just to take Baghdad. The Russians were getting high on their own supply and believed their own propaganda that "brother

> People forget it took the US 3 weeks just to take Baghdad. The Russians were getting high on their own supply and believed their own propaganda that "brotherly" Ukrainians and the ethnic Russians would surrender immediately. They didn't think they would win in a few days, they thought there would be nothing but token opposition.