Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5411639" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>You've been saying from the get go that Russia is getting exactly what it wanted all along.  If that was so they wouldn't have lost so many men, so much equipment, and are now calling up hundreds of thousands of conscripts.  They wanted the whole enchilada, not just the Donbas.  Putin has spoken often about how he resented the break up of the Soviet Union.  And of all the former Soviet republics Ukraine is the jewel.  The first Rus empire was centered in Kyiv.  It means something to him.  And I was aware of that long before any of our networks started discussing the war.  Whenever I visit a country I delve into its history.  You're playing checkers with me.  I prefer chess.</p></blockquote><p></p>