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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6028026" data-attributes="member: 24302">Russia isn&#039;t taking whatever they want.&nbsp; They&#039;re entrenched in the far eastern provinces.&nbsp; If the war continues they will grind it out and take more and more and ultimately Ukraine will lose because it doesn&#039;t have as many men.&nbsp; Before the war the eastern provinces had a slightly more Ukrainian majority.&nbsp; In the last 10 years that majority has been displaced.&nbsp; It&#039;s almost entirely ethnic Russians living there now.&nbsp; The Crimean Peninsula has a more than 90% ethnic Russian majority too.&nbsp; The rest are other groups.&nbsp; Very few Ukrainians.&nbsp; Putin overreached trying to take the whole country.&nbsp; But how many more must die on both sides, how many Ukrainian cities must be destroyed before you decide that it&#039;s finally time to sue for peace?&nbsp; American troops fighting there?&nbsp; So we go in and whip the Russians.&nbsp; What if rather than surrender Putin decides to go nuclear?&nbsp; If the Germans had that option in WWII would Hitler have used it before the Allies reached Berlin?&nbsp; It&#039;s insanity no doubt.&nbsp; But we have Putin cornered in Russia.&nbsp; He can&#039;t go anywhere else decent without being arrested for war crimes.&nbsp; Who knows what might happen if we push him further.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 6028026, member: 24302"] Russia isn't taking whatever they want. They're entrenched in the far eastern provinces. If the war continues they will grind it out and take more and more and ultimately Ukraine will lose because it doesn't have as many men. Before the war the eastern provinces had a slightly more Ukrainian majority. In the last 10 years that majority has been displaced. It's almost entirely ethnic Russians living there now. The Crimean Peninsula has a more than 90% ethnic Russian majority too. The rest are other groups. Very few Ukrainians. Putin overreached trying to take the whole country. But how many more must die on both sides, how many Ukrainian cities must be destroyed before you decide that it's finally time to sue for peace? American troops fighting there? So we go in and whip the Russians. What if rather than surrender Putin decides to go nuclear? If the Germans had that option in WWII would Hitler have used it before the Allies reached Berlin? It's insanity no doubt. But we have Putin cornered in Russia. He can't go anywhere else decent without being arrested for war crimes. Who knows what might happen if we push him further. [/QUOTE]

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