And yet, Russia is "winning" in the Ukraine.
They paid too much for their victory. But they are not giving back anything they took by conquest.
There is a lesson for us if we pay attention. It is a very ancient lesson. Unrestricted, unapologetic and competent use of superior force is what wins wars. Well, that and sustained logistics.
There will always be another war somewhere. We must pick our fights more carefully and use rules of engagement that give us the advantage.
And yet, Russia is “winning” in the Ukraine.
They paid too much for their victory. But they are not giving back anything they took by conquest.
The “lesson here” is to gather basic facts before making blanket statements from our comfy armchairs. The Russian army was defeated and kicked out of large areas of Ukraine. Russia forever is a fairy tale in the minds of only Kremlin Bolsheviks and their useful fools. Putin’s Russia, the biggest country in the world, has an economy of a US state. It is corrupt, weak and Potemkin. Putin’s war economy exists after 3 years of the biggest war in Europe since WW2 only due to the charity of those in the west who fear losing their Anti American partner in Putin.