[MrRelevant]

Isnt that the plan here. Or Ukraine wouldve already taken mercy on its people and yelled uncle.

[tlozo]

Or Ukraine wouldve already taken mercy on its people and yelled uncle.

Right, because that's how Russians have historically dealt with subjugated people, with mercy and not gulags and executions.

[tlozo]

Or Ukraine wouldve already taken mercy on its people and yelled uncle.

Author describes the "mercy", russians dealt out to the Chechens.

A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches from Chechnya

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[BroJoeK]

McGruff: "Sounds like a good way to start WW III."

MrRelevant: "Isnt that the plan here.
Or Ukraine wouldve already taken mercy on its people and yelled uncle."

Cold War II is already well under way -- that's the whole point of mad-Vlad the Invader's Russkiy Mir and multi-polar Eurasianism.

Ukrainians are only defending themselves, heroically and successfully, against seemingly overwhelming odds.

So, we have the authoritarian Russian-Chinese-North Korean-Iranian Axis of Evil fighting to expand their empires against
Western democratic US, NATO & Asian Allies supporting resistance to aggressions.

Call that whatever you wish -- Cold War II or World War III -- it's very similar to what we had from 1945 through 1991 and very dissimilar to what we saw from 1992 until at least 2014, if not 2022.

Democratic countries in shades of blue.
Authoritarian regimes in shades of brown: