(September 22, 2022 at 10:15 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Putin doesn't want a long war. He wanted a three day war. He's two hundred days into his three day war now..
He may have wanted a week-long blitz at first, but I think now he understands that his only hope (and it's a thin reed indeed) is a war lasting long enough to tire out the Western nations supporting Ukraine. He's hoping to do that by pitchforking a few hundred thousand poor lads into the fire.