[marcusmaximus]

To get rid of Hannibal after years of stalemate, Rome went to Carthage and the rest is history.

[Antoninus]

To get rid of Hannibal after years of stalemate, Rome went to Carthage and the rest is history.

Exactly. That was a classic example of fighting a defensive war and then choosing the correct moment when the enemy is weak to go on offense.

Again, if that's what Ukraine has done here, then more power to them for their strategy.

[Who is John Galt?]

To get rid of Hannibal after years of stalemate, Rome went to Carthage and the rest is history.

Yeah, but I think I've read that the Carthaginians were suffering a shortage of something the Russians have in quantity - might have been morozhenoe, or vodka, or maybe it was nuclear weapons...