“the Ruskies will be just fine with their win.”
If that’s winning, you don’t want to see losing.
You mention the US retreats, fine. But we dominated in each one militarily, before our politicians forced retreats.
The Russians aren’t winning and in fact, they were beaten militarily in Afghanistan.
SURE. We dominated until we didn't in every military confrontation since WWII -- except for the mega superpowers of Granada and Panama.
Losing is losing, and if you believe we are winning in Ukraine, then you must believe in the TOOTH FAIRY, too!