Comments by "buddermonger2000" (@buddermonger2000) on "Russia’s Biggest Problem: Ukrainians Want to Keep Fighting" video.

  1. The rather brutal lesson Russia has taught us is not anything about peace or prosperity, but instead, something far more ruthless: if you smell blood in the water, there are no half measures. If you engage in half measures you just lose. Because your opponents, who go fool out from day one, will stop you. Russia had its opportunity in 2014 but instead decided to just take Crimea and launch a civil war. Even in the invasion Russia launched it with a peacetime strength rather than a proper war footing. It didn't mobilize, it didn't prepare for war at all. It went in and expected the Ukrainians to fold like they did in 2014. And now it's summer 2023, they're on the defensive, and still losing territory.
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