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Ukraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to 'shut up' (www.reuters.com)

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[–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's like every time there's a war everybody forgets how fucking long they take. WW2 took six years. The Vietnam War took almost 20 years, same with the Afghanistan War. Anybody expecting anything solid within the next couple years is delusional. Ukraine is in it for the long haul.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's not strictly true. On the short end, there was the six-day war. On the long end, there was the hundred years' war.

Putin was clearly aiming for the short option, but then I suppose most belligerents usually are.

[–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I'd actually love to see a graph that shows the distribution of lengths of various wars

[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We can hope Putin dies from being an old fuck and Russia gives up

[–] Blursty@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

The US is on its last legs though. It badly needed this win. The US falls before Putin dies.