• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    This is why I shake my head when people say the US should just “cut our losses” because “Ukraine can’t win”. Even presuming that’s right, this is all still hardware that Russia can’t use on NATO member states or in the Caucuses and Central Asia.

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        8 months ago

        I wish it was as simple as that, but I’ve heard it from actual voters in real life. It’s the line right wing media is pushing, after all.

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      8 months ago

      Russia is also using up stocks of other “enemys of the global west” (for lack of a better umbrella term) like Iran, North Korea, and to some extent China.