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by Natsu 1581 days ago
> Give it 72 hours.

Wasn't that the intel estimate on how long it'd take Russia to take over? I saw Biden's statement that he was sending thoughts & prayers while he watched this and would talk it over with world leaders tomorrow. Since the last few rounds of sanctions did nothing after Crimea, I don't see this changing things.
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unityByFreedom 1581 days ago
Who says 72 hours. My understanding is the territory is large and would be difficult to hold.
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zzt123 1581 days ago
The territory is relatively easy to overrun with speed - the defensible choke point is on the wrong side of Ukraine (for the Ukrainians). It is only occupation that can prove to be difficult, or even intractable.
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Natsu 1580 days ago
It's been 1 day, they're already in Kyiv and discussing surrender. I don't know the future, but it looks like the rest of the world had their pants down on this one so far, which seems surprising given the repeated warnings something was going down.

By the time there is a real response, it's looking like this may be over. Given that their urgency was "I'll talk to world leaders about what to do tomorrow" rather than "let's enact the plan we already prepared during the weeks of warnings" I think we know which way things are headed.

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99_00 1581 days ago
Did he just tweet thoughts and prayers or did Biden show his face?
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Natsu 1581 days ago
You can read the statement he made here:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases...

Given that it's apparently not urgent enough to do anything but watch this on TV until morning, it doesn't look like a priority to me.

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