Comments by "Sean Cidy" (@seancidy6008) on "Brittle morale could cause Russia major problem in winter war | Mark Galeotti interview" video.

  1. The mindset that Russia ought to be schooled in liberalism, whereupon its civilisation an societal organisation must become different to what it has been for half a millennias no less unfeasible than any Russian idea of Nato being undermined and divided. Attrition strategies depend on what the opponent is willing to accept, and it is now apparent that whatever its deficiencies in military science, Russia has been widely underestimated in regards to its reserves of stubborn persistence, which may well be the crucial factor in the ultimate analysis. If battered to its knees Russia will issue a very unvague and unmistakably specific threat, and that is why the Ukrainian caprice that they can get back Ukraine is being backpedaled in the West.
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  2.  @robby3467  The West is not being told that Ukraine is not going to be satisfied with just defending and regaining what it held at the beginning of the invasion, which is what the Western population were originally told was the objective. No, Ukraine is now demanding Crimea back before any settlement, and many Western commentators are starting to agree with this position although it was undreamt of at the begining of the war.
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  3. Its thermonuclear arsenal is essentially equivalent to America's, so they're not bouncing
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