Russia-Ukraine Invasion

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  • drgs0

    Are we in a trap of confirmation bias?

    https://www.information.dk/debat…
    https://www-information-dk.trans…

    Russia always loses in the beginning & Russia's tactic is attrition

    • rotfl
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    • This was the strategy since the beginning.*
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    • There seems to be a wave of these "Russia can't be beaten" commentaries appearing...also in the New York Times.yuekit
    • *whatever looks better
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    • The question is, what does he mean by wins? How can you say Russia inevitably wins without defining it?yuekit
    • If Russia's goal is to seize as much territory as possible from Ukraine then by definition the war is not pointless, because it's a fight for where thoseyuekit
    • borders will be.yuekit
    • Ukraine just needs to keep killing Russian solders at the current rate for Russia to exhausted its young male population by the end fo 2023.shapesalad
    • The demographics of Russia suck. The motivation is dwindling. The leadership are ageing. The resources are falling.shapesalad
    • Germany however.. that's a different situation. Shot themselves in the foot removing nuclear power. Their eco wind farms are redundant. Their population is old.shapesalad
    • let's discuss yet another foreign country next, so we don't have to focus on our own broke governments!uan
    • If figures are to be believed, Russia is losing about 150 troops per day, Ukraine about 100.Nairn
    • Historian here has some blindspots - Japan, Afghanistan... the Cold War. Never mind their gains in WW1/2 were much down to UK/US industrial assistance...Nairn
    • ...(ie. aid to ramp up domestic industrial capability), which they have the exact-opposite of in this conflict.Nairn
    • Kinda agree with this. They did the same to Ottomans for 300 years. They are the main reason for the collapse of the empire. Attrition. They were much poorer.Beeswax

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