NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoUkraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to 'shut up'www.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square1142fedilinkarrow-up1653arrow-down141cross-posted to: news@kbin.socialukrainianconflict@lemmit.onlineworldnews@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75arrow-down9·2 years agoThat’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.
minus-squarejustastranger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down2·2 years agoI’d actually love to see a graph that shows the distribution of lengths of various wars
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minus-square5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years ago‘Gunboat diplomacy’ isn’t very diplomatic.
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down7·2 years agoDude took the low end and said “fuck that we’ll do it twice as fast.” The good news is I don’t think Russia can continue to sustain these kind of losses for 199 more years.
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.
I’d actually love to see a graph that shows the distribution of lengths of various wars
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‘Gunboat diplomacy’ isn’t very diplomatic.
Dude took the low end and said “fuck that we’ll do it twice as fast.”
The good news is I don’t think Russia can continue to sustain these kind of losses for 199 more years.
Neither can Ukraine…