Russia and Ukraine

[arewethereyet]

Even if the Russians win on the battlefield, they will be saddled with an insurgency that will drain their coffers and Putin's popularity. He will be forced to tighten the screws in order to tamp down internal dissent. The race will be between his loss of support and Ukraine's willingness to keep fighting. I suspect the latter will outlast the former.

Now that’s what I’m talking.

Why, may I ask, do you expect the latter to outlast the former, though?

May I ask you a question?  Have you read Nudger's signature?  I tend to listen when he talks about military things because he has the background.  Not that he can neverbe/is never wrong...no one is perfect.  But I tend to think he has a pretty good insight in such matters as military strategy and such.

YMMV