@Tfmonkey
I remember, that on one of your shows, you were talking about your deployment, where you said something along the lines of:
When we came in, we had a clear victory, but after that, we spent years there on "reconstruction", that lead to people dying on both sides pointlessly.
And that is what pisses me off about the Russia situation. The entirety of the Zog world are not fighting. We are supplying Ukies with just enough weapons to keep dying, but not to get a single kill behind the border of Russia, because that would mean escalation.
But prolonged war benefits noone. And this state is the worst option of them all, because Russia can keep pushing without fear, while Ukrainian people will just keep living in a siege for the sake of "not changing the status quo".
@Tfmonkey
Yeah...
But I don't think it's "just inflation". They literally cannot win by definition, because a victory means bringing the other side to its knees.
But We cannot attack Russia cuz nukes. So, what exactly are we trying to accomplish?
@Wolffkran @Tfmonkey
A genocide of 2 nations is anything but bread and circuses
@natsock @Tfmonkey @Wolffkran
The entire point of bread and circuses is, that as long as you don't fear for your life itself, and you have something to look forward to, you can be exploited infinitely.
But the war breaks both requirements.
@LukeAlmighty @natsock @Wolffkran NATO legitimately thought the sanctions would work and the Ukrainians would easily defeat the Russian military.
They fully intended to moving on to pressuring China once Russia was defeated and broken up with over 40 countries controlled by the West (similar to how the West carved up the Ottoman Empire and created the modern Middle East).
They REALLY underestimated Russia, and there is no Plan B. They're just pretending they'll win somehow and doubling-down.
@Tfmonkey @natsock @Wolffkran
Yeah...
Sometimes, I have an autistic problem with believing someone could be "that dumb".
@LukeAlmighty They're not fighting to win because they can't afford to without militarizing and giving up on inflation.
You can't kick your manufacturing base into overdrive to expand your military without causing prices to skyrocket.
So they're sending Ukraine what they can, and they legit thought they would win. They were wrong.
They'll never get to the point where they win and begin rebuilding Ukraine as what happened in Iraq. NATO is fucked.