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by nephihaha 19 days ago
I've been hearing this kind of talk for at least four years now. This is a war of attrition. The solution will be some compromise that neither side really wants.
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Arnt 19 days ago
Russia was attrited and gave up in Afghanistan in 1989, Germany was attrited and collapsed on the Eastern Front in 1944, USA was attrited and gave up in Vietnam, etc.
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nephihaha 19 days ago
The point is that attrition takes a long time and a lot of effort. It doesn't happen overnight, as the media has been claiming about this war for years now.

Afghanistan was fought by the USSR rather than just Russia. Quite a few Ukrainian soldiers ended up there ironically.

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Arnt 16 days ago
"The point is" … that? I thought your point would have something to do with a necessity for compromise. "War of attrition" → "compromise".

I don't see that, AFAICT few wars of attrition lead to a compromise.

And, BTW, the newspapers I read didn't write "overnight". Did yours — really?

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