[irishjuggler]

“but there is no way he can hold it.”

It’s certainly hard to imagine him successfully holding a country as big as this one with a population of 40+ million most of whom who hate him and don’t want the Russians there. The only way I can imagine him possibly pulling it off is if he succeeds in running maybe 20-30 million Ukrainians out (i.e., depopulating the country and “cleansing” it of pretty everyone willing and able to fight him)... and then replacing them with cooperative folks willing to relocate from Russia.

An analogy on a much, much smaller scale would be the “settlement” of Ulster (Northern Ireland) in the 17th century where the English basically ran the native Irish out (forcing them west and south) and replaced them with English and Scottish settlers. Did it work? Well, sort of, though the fallout and hard feelings from that obviously lingered for centuries.

[Equine1952]

I’m not sure I totally agree with your post and why you would care I can’t fathom. However, I think the” lingered” should be changed to “still linger”. I’m sure they still do. IMO. Regards

[jdsteel]

Yeah, but there’s not enough Russians to do that. The birth rate has been lousy.

And Ukraine is the breadbasket of Europe. It’s gonna be hard times in Europe, good times for American farmers and expensive times for US citizens.

[Steve Van Doorn]

said, " hard to imagine him successfully holding a country as big as this one with a population of 40+ million most of whom who hate him and don’t want the Russians there"

Assuming that is true. It's easy. The US is a prefect example. The US has been hijacked then controlled by a foreign powers. The people that run the fake regime are very much disliked by well over half the citizens.