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So, those are some seriously racist :brainworms:

“Vietnamscoreboardfamilyguy.mp4”

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Everyone that’s big into war stuff, whether lib, communist, or reactionary, knows that Russian doctrine is completely different from US doctrine. But for the past 50 years we’ve only had US wars as a frame of reference.

If US invaded Mexico (wtf), their doctrine would be to bomb everything to the ground, then send tanks, then send infantry behind the tanks to go into the rubble. So this scenario would not happen.

Russia is more cautious. Secondly, they consider Ukrainians to be their brothers and sisters in normal times, and so they have been cautious not to destroy everything. Like in the early days of the war, it was reported Russia properly warned of their air strikes (as international law dictates) and it was Ukraine that did not sound the sirens in time.

Thirdly, Ukraine is running out of ammo and people, and Russia has time on their hand. People don’t want to see this but at this stage, there is simply no possible way for Russia to pull back. They have to commit all the way. They’ve been sanctioned already (I was gonna say sanctioned to death, but the sanctions actually made Russia even stronger), Ukrainian army is now mostly NATO soldiers and Ukrainian paramilitary groups, which were the reason for Minsk 1 and 2, are now more armed and trained than in 2019.

Leaving Ukraine now, even if they get to keep the Russian parts, means leaving a very real enemy at their doorstep that they will have to take care of later, possibly in a worse position.

When this is over, there is a very real possibility there will not be a Ukraine left to speak of.