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NYT finally admits that Putin's recent proposal is the most realistic scenario for how this war will pan out. (www.nytimes.com)
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Mr. Putin is already planning for victory. His latest so-called peace proposal — in which Russia keeps occupied territory and Ukraine is banned from joining NATO — was dismissed as propaganda by many Western leaders. But it is, in fact, the most realistic scenario for how this war will pan out.

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[-] dirtybeerglass@hexbear.net 43 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

“Often those that dissent at a time of a perception of complete unity are seen to be the prescient voices for the future”

Jeremy Bernard Corbyn 1st March 2022

“Nobody ever actually wins a war, even having a war is a defeat for all of us so the question is how to halt the wars as quickly as you can and move on to a process of peace, understanding, recognition”

Jeremy Bernard Corbyn 1st March 2022

So, with the corporate coffers topped up and 100000 or families relieved of sons, fathers and husband, here we are.

All that remains is to divvy up the rebuilding contracts between the oligarchs and the corporations, update Wikipedia, and head off to the Arabian peninsula with the six fleet for the next episode.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The West lacks the will to win.

I could make a Triumph of the Will joke, but seriously, wtf

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 3 months ago

that's what lack of material analysis does to mfs

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago

Sounds like chuds from the 70s who said we could have won Vietnam if it weren't for Jane Fonda.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago

frothingfash We could have won if they just let us nuke those [REDACTED]

[-] Biggay@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

holden-bloodfeast we just needed to invade north vietnam and burn and kill everything that moved

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

Ah heck, I can at least make a reference

[-] makotech222@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

will menaker you are needed on the front lines, sir

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

will-fancy I'm doing my part

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago

Sadly strength is the only thing the Western brain can comprehend.

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