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Originally Posted by Ulic Qel-Droma
I woulda sent a buncha newbs in first too if the cost of their lives and equipment wasn't worth much.
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Are you suggesting they intentionally let 6000 of their troops die, and a top general, giving up billions of dollars worth of equipment, in order to "do better the next go around"?
I do agree that they have the numbers to just keep throwing more and more people at the problem until they overwhelm... On paper it makes sense of course, and it's how everyone expects it to go. However if they keep smacking into a brick wall over and over again while draining their resources, it might not go the expected way. Especially when literally half of their $650 billion war chest evaporated overnight, and is being drained by the day. They have the numbers, but they might not have time to utilize them.
And if they do the expected and are able to conquer the country, then what? Good luck occupying that country, the way people are already reacting. And again, how much money and supplies will be left? Even if they can occupy, how long can they last? Meanwhile their own country will be falling apart, and their own people will be rioting.. They'll need to occupy their own people with military, let alone Ukraine!
It's crazy that it's not going as expected... Not to say the outcome will certainly be positive, but I wouldn't be so confident based on what now looks to be outdated notions.