Now they’re on defense?
All those weapons and money and nothing to show for it.
We got ripped off."
Ukraine's War of Independence since February 2022 has lasted now 19 months.
For comparisons:
- The US War of Independence lasted 6 years, from 1775 to 1781 at Yorktown.
After 19 months, Washington's Continental Army was stuck in the snows of Valley Forge, sick and starving, nearing the end of their enlistments.
Fortunately for us, Washington received timely aid from European powers which kept his army alive and growing. - The US Civil War lasted four years.
After 19 months the Confederacy had won several important battles and invaded many Union states and territories, from Maryland all the way west to New Mexico.
The US President in 1862 still could not find a general worthy of our troops. - The Second World War lasted 5-1/2 years.
After 19 months the aggressor countries were victorious in every theater of war, from Poland to France to Africa to South Asia and the Pacific Ocean.
The Allies had been defeated in virtually every battle after 19 months of war.