• 420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        5 months ago

        Pick one: Russia is running on fumes, or Russia should have won a year ago.

        The coherent opinion here is that it’s a slow, grinding war and the side that has lost more and more territory as it continued will continue to do so.

        • thericofactor@sh.itjust.works
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          5 months ago

          Well, that is currently changing as Ukraine is now able to target military targets inside Russia, disabling their supply lines. Ukraine has been restricted to use the supplied weapons systems they got. They should be able to use the full force of these weapons and drive the Russians out. NATO is being way too restrictive with an invading county bordering on our territory. Russia has shown they are not to be trusted. We should supply Ukraine with a few tactical nukes, for defense, and see what happens when the kid that’s been bullied suddenly also has the same big guns.

      • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        5 months ago

        Shouldn’t the Leopard tanks have turned the tide of battle? Or the NATO equipment and training? Or the other round of NATO equipment and training? Or the MANPADS? Or the third shipment of NATO equipment and training? Or the F-16s that are totally coming any day now (which will definitely turn the tide of the war guise! It’s not silly to make a plane that can’t handle dirt on the airway)? What about the drone tactics Ukraine used to terrorbomb russian civilian targets, wasn’t that supposed to turn the tide of the war? What about the bombing of the Crimea bridge, how come that didn’t turn the tide of the war?
        You guys keep saying Russia is about to run out of equipment, but they still have stocks and stocks of shells, meanwhile NATO countries are struggling to rearm after having donated so much equipment to Ukraine. Maybe there isn’t a wunderwaffe that will win the war, and maybe it’s senseless to continue this meat-grinder. The Ukrainians don’t want to fight, they have to be forcibly conscripted.
        But! If you think they should continue to die for some vague cause, why don’t you go volunteer? They need bodies. The average age is 43, so you won’t be turned away for being “too old” or “too young”. Why don’t you volunteer for Ukraine?