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Nowhere near a million Ukrainians have died, you’re making an argument with a number that is wrong by at least one zero. Afghanistan was fighting an unwinnable
by jiggawatts 2y ago
Nowhere near a million Ukrainians have died, you’re making an argument with a number that is wrong by at least one zero.
Afghanistan was fighting an unwinnable war against the USSR until the Russians simply gave up.
Similarly the Taliban in Afghanistan were fighting an “unwinnable” war against the even bigger US military for two decades until the Americans gave up and simply left.
Why do you think the situation in Ukraine is wildly different?
Russian is resorting to suicide runs with golf buggies to capture land at the same rate at which a snail moves. Does this sound like an inevitable victory to you?
Is this what winning looks like?
- amdivia 2y agoYou are right in that the situation inherently isn't wildly different, and as long as there is a will to resist within the Ukrainian populous, Russia will not achieve their objectives in the long run. But there is the aspect of potential over reliance on Western support by Ukraine, which if cut, the effects on the moral might even outweigh the effects on the defense capabilities, and both would be reduced given halt/pause of Western support
- betaby 2y agoThere were about 15000 causalities for USSR during 10 years in Afghanistan. It was a very low intensity conflict in comparison. Current RU-UA conflict has no similarities with the Soviet-Afghan War of 1979.