This is going to be a long war

The russians havent even tried yet.

just sent loads of kids.

You just need to look at their other border wars (Syria, etc),

If Putin stays in post, he will do what it takes to get the result he wants.

Posted By: shoddy on February 28th 2022 at 20:42:52

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I dont know much about IR / geopolitics (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 28, 20:26:40
- He may well take Ukraine but he will be embroiled in years of resistance/guerilla warfare (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 28, 20:53:30
- Dont be so sure... the world has moved on since Vladamir's soviet playbook.... (General Chat) - promethian1, Feb 28, 20:32:19
  - Sass are in there, have been for years (General Chat) - Real Man, Feb 28, 21:23:46
  - he has much better tools (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 28, 20:34:02
    - Insurgency/assymmetric warfare will then come into play (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 28, 20:43:20
      - They don’t want the whole of Ukraine (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 28, 21:59:22
    - The arms being supplied to Ukraine will usurp a lot of those things, especially in a (General Chat) - promethian1, Feb 28, 20:39:23
      - This is going to be a long war (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 28, 20:42:52
        
        And then his country will be economically destroyed (General Chat) - jamesward, Feb 28, 20:44:32
        
        Putin cannot afford a long war for many many reasons (n/m) (General Chat) - promethian1, Feb 28, 20:43:46
        
        when hasn't he been at war recently? (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 28, 20:45:32
        
        He's fighting a few proxy wars... this is a completely different undertaking, Ukraine is (General Chat) - promethian1, Feb 28, 20:50:31
        
        economics (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 28, 20:52:12
        
        We had a Lend lease deal with the yanks. (General Chat) - promethian1, Feb 28, 20:54:51
        
        just funny money innit (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 28, 20:56:29
        
        I was a member of the British Army of Rhine from 1977... so lived a few minutes (General Chat) - promethian1, Feb 28, 20:59:01
        
        In fact my first unit was REME supporting a mobile artillery regiment (General Chat) - promethian1, Feb 28, 21:05:41
        
        I commend your service prom (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 28, 21:04:55
        
        I just posted on an addition ^... thanks . (n/m) (General Chat) - promethian1, Feb 28, 21:07:01
        
        Old soldiiers ... get em talking and they wont shut up...ha ha.. (n/m) (General Chat) - promethian1, Feb 28, 21:11:39
- They’ve just applied to join the EU. Putin must be stopped, somehow. (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 28, 20:29:21
- No he's not (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Feb 28, 20:28:45
  - How do you know he’s not going to do that? (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 28, 20:29:54
    - Because he would of done it already (n/m) (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Feb 28, 20:35:00
      - Not necessarily. May be testing the west’s response (including Ukraine) (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 28, 20:35:59

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