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Are you under the impression that at some point Russia will simply say “well it was worth a try”, and retreat home?
by transcriptase 2y ago
Are you under the impression that at some point Russia will simply say “well it was worth a try”, and retreat home?
- mcv 2y agoNo. Not at all. There will come a point when Russia will stop the war because either Russia is completely exhausted and on the verge of collapse, or Putin is dead or removed from power. And chances are those two will go together.
- dev_daftly 2y agoIf Putin is removed from power, it won't be with somebody more friendly to the west.
- mcv 2y agoDepends on who does the removing. It could go a lot of different ways, but even if it's someone from his own government who is hostile to the west, they're still likely to use it as an excuse to end the war.
- hackinthebochs 2y agoAnd you don't think Russia will escalate to tactical nukes in Ukraine before that point?
- cvalka 2y agoNo
- hackinthebochs 2y agoWhy not?
- anabab 2y agoNot impossible since something similar has already happened in Vietnam (at least once) and in Afghanistan (at least twice)