Russia-Ukraine Invasion
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********
- This was the strategy since the beginning.*********
- 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********
- 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
- rotfl