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[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 55 points 4 months ago

The fatal error is they assumed Russia was going to be like Iraq or Libya where they could shock and awe a much weaker nation and that a color revolution movement could be found/generated. Russia was too strong and Putin too popular for either to materialize.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 49 points 4 months ago

Yeah, they bought into their own bullshit that Russia was just a gas station with nukes and if they blew hard enough it would tumble.

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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