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  • theatlantic.com The Only Way the Ukraine War Can End Russia has to stop

    From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 2 19:05:55 2024
    "More important, another commander told me, the team works “at the
    horizontal level,” meaning that members coordinate directly with other
    groups on the ground rather than operating via the army’s chain of
    command: “Three years of experience tells us that, 100 percent, we will
    be much more efficient when we are doing it on our own—coordinating with other guys that have assets, motivation, understanding of the
    processes.” Horizontal is a word that describes many successful
    Ukrainian projects, both military and civilian. Also, grassroots. In
    other words, Ukrainians do better when they organize themselves; they do
    worse when they try to move in lockstep under a single leader. Some
    argue that this makes them more resilient. Or, as another member of the
    team put it, Russia will never be able to destroy Ukraine’s
    decision-making center, “because the center doesn’t make all the decisions.”"

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 3 15:03:38 2024
    Although the overall situation is at present quite bad for Ukraine. Anne Applebaum is still upbeat about fighters. May be she has Afghans
    fighting the Soviet on her mind. May be Ukrainians could re-configure
    and fight like Afghans.

    Still, the question is whether Russians would quit like the Soviet in Afghanistan.

    One obvious difference between Afghanistan and Ukraine, Afghan is never
    any part of Russia. In contrast, the part of Ukraine currently occupied
    by Russia, i.e. Eastern oblasts and Crimea had been a part of Russia.
    And the majority of Russians support the fighting. According to poll
    "New Survey Finds Most Russians See Ukrainian War as Defense Against
    West," reclaiming part of Ukraine is defensive action.

    https://www.norc.org/research/library/new-survey-finds-most-russians-see-ukrainian-war-as-defense-against-west.html

    Under this circumstance, it is highly unlikely that Russia would stop
    its war effort.

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 4 15:09:14 2024
    The US government has tried very hard to draw a parallel between
    Russia-Ukraine and the PROC and ROC. In reality, the two are different
    in many important aspects accept one.

    According to the PROC Constitution, the Taiwan (including nearby
    islands) is a part of China. According to the ROC Constituion, Mainland
    China and Taiwan (including nearby islands) is also part of China. Reunification, peacefully if possibly or violently if forced to, is the
    Destiny of the Chinese people. If latter, the PROC WON"T STOP.

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