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[–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (34 children)

It's like every time there's a war everybody forgets how fucking long they take. WW2 took six years. The Vietnam War took almost 20 years, same with the Afghanistan War. Anybody expecting anything solid within the next couple years is delusional. Ukraine is in it for the long haul.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That's because it isn't really about any particular military objective, it's about creating business for the war industry.

[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

We can hope Putin dies from being an old fuck and Russia gives up

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[–] ours@lemmy.film 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And Russia expected their little venture to be done in days.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was never supposed to turn into a real war. They wanted to assassinate Zelenskyy put some Russian plant in as president, annex some more land and call it a night. Obviously Zelenskyy survived and the rest is history.

[–] ours@lemmy.film 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"No plan survives first contact with the enemy"

[–] hansl@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

“Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth."

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[–] Pyrate37@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Not the correct response to say to those who hold the purse strings to your war chest. Especially one particular country whose political tide can turn and drown you.

[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Somewhere in the Pentagon there surely must be a series of rooms isolated for this war. In them intelligence is gathered, counterparts in Ukraine can be in instant contact, resources from both armies are tracked, tactics are formulated, simulations are run. How do I know this? Because this would be too good of a learning opportunity to pass up.

And those folks ain't talking.

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[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wish we would just go ahead and give ATACMs. It would certainly speed things up.

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that once the F16 training is completed, it will really change the face of the battle field. I assume we are giving them jdams so they will be capable of striking hundreds of miles into occupied territory.

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[–] Ginjutsu@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

HexBear and brigading yet another Ukraine thread with misinformation and Kremlin propaganda, name a more iconic duo.

EDIT: It appears that I've triggered the horde.

[–] thecodemonk@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

The comment threads here are weird. Who, in their right mind, would ever support a country like Russia? It's mind blowing.

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