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> Maduro (Venezuela) sees what Putin is doing, and how the West is maybe half supporting Ukraine, and sees an opportunity to do the same to their neighbor I'm
by ajross 3y ago
> Maduro (Venezuela) sees what Putin is doing, and how the West is maybe half supporting Ukraine, and sees an opportunity to do the same to their neighbor
I'm sorry, I'm completely lost on what exactly you think about the Russian adventure in Ukraine is worth emulating. It's been a disaster for Russia. Ukraine too, obviously, but no way would Putin do this again if he knew a two-year stalemate and global shaming of his vaunted army was going to be the result.
- Scarblac 3y agoHe is still occupying large parts of Ukraine that may become Russian permanently if Ukraine doesn't manage to take them back. That may be the most important thing for him.
- verdverm 3y agooh, I don't think they should try to emulate, just that there is an amount of similarity in the self-justification of the dictators. China's claims to Taiwan fit the same mold
- vGPU 3y agoThe mistake putin made can be easily summarized up in the following phrase: two weeks to stop the spread. Turns out, war ain’t easy. Not against people, not against viruses. After all, look at how well Afghanistan turned out for the USA.
- verdverm 3y agoThere are more interesting ideas when you compare "winning the war" vs "winning the peace" For the US context, you can look at WtW in Iraq, Afghanistan vs WtP in Germany, Korea, Vietnam Ukraine needs to win the peace more than they need to win the war. There will most likely mean they need to make concessions and join the EU & NATO