Please explain why you think sending a big chunk of Ukraine's best troops to open a front in another country that they will almost assuredly eventually lose, all while Ukraine is currently losing ground on fronts within their own borders, ostensibly helps continue "Ukrainians as a people unto themselves with the right to self-determination"?

[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

It's called tactics! I've played Risk a bunch of times, and everyone knows you plow through north Asia, then try to sneak a bunch of troops in to hold Australia or South America until the end of the game. By expanding the size of the front, you always get a huge advantage over your better supplied and more heavily armored opposition.

Also, it makes for some AMAZING HEADLINES as NAFO liberals get gassed up on the idea of Ukrainian troops marching into Moscow before winter.

[–] brainw0rms@hexbear.net 4 points 10 hours ago

i-cant

[–] Whopraysforthedevil@midwest.social 1 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not a military strategist. I'm not gonna weigh in on that. But I'm not about to tell folks how to defend their homes in the face of an invader.

[–] DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Well that sucks, because that's what article is about.

[–] Whopraysforthedevil@midwest.social 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It's literally not. That's one argument they make, but the article is about the West pressuring Ukraine to continue fighting. I'm fairly certain they'd continue fighting regardless.

[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 5 points 10 hours ago

I'm fairly certain they'd continue fighting regardless.

As insurgents, maybe. I doubt they'd be sending cruise missiles over the border if the US wasn't passing them out.

[–] brainw0rms@hexbear.net 5 points 11 hours ago

lmao