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On 3/25/2022 9:39 PM, bitrex wrote:
The other possibility is the Russian military may be changing its
objectives on its own and making Putin an implicit \"offer you can\'t
refuse\" though that\'s perhaps less likely.
On 3/25/2022 8:33 PM, Phil Allison wrote:
John Doe wrote:
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Ukraine cannot win. Grown-ups know that.
** Counts peurile fools like you out - sunshine.
 No need exists to defeat Russia, just seeing Russian troops leave
would be a win.
Russia can easily nuke any number of Ukrainian cities if it wish.
**Â The consequences of that action would be horrific.
Ukrainian leaders need to accept defeat and save lives.
**Â Even if fighting ceases and Russia takes control - no invader will
ever walk safety in the country.
     Sanctions will stay in place indefinitely, so Russia will lose
all world influence and have its economy ruined.
     Russia cannot win, only lose.
...... Phil
\"In general, the main tasks of the first stage of the operation have
been completed,\" Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy, first deputy chief of
Russia\'s General Staff, said in a Friday briefing. \"The combat potential
of the armed forces of Ukraine has been significantly reduced, allowing
us, I emphasize again, to focus the main efforts on achieving the main
goal - the liberation of Donbas.\"
Sounds like at least one Russian colonel is goalpoast-shifting, now.
That seems good if so, it may mean Putin et al are still rational and
seeing that the original plan isn\'t going at all to plan and they are
looking for a face-saving way back.
I believe China did something similar during the 1979 Sino-Vietnam war
when they also did a \"special military operation\", were overconfident
and the Vietnamese kicked the shit out of them pretty good for it, also.
The other possibility is the Russian military may be changing its
objectives on its own and making Putin an implicit \"offer you can\'t
refuse\" though that\'s perhaps less likely.