He doesn't have to win in the traditional sense. Know how he wins? He keeps it going---- on and on and on, because just like I said, there will come a day when Americans, and our elected leaders, will begin to question pouring billions and billions of dollars into what in reality is a lost cause. Ukraine can't beat Putin. Every month/year this drags on, the long term humanitarian and economic effects on Western Europe will grow and grow. In the U.S, people who work hard and pay taxes are gonna start screaming: "Why the f*ck are we send billions monthly when we can't even >>> (FILL IN THE BLANK WITH YOUR CHOICE OF TWO DOZEN MAJOR FRIGGIN' PROBLEMS HERE AT HOME THAT NEED BILLIONS SPENT ON THEM). And what happens then? The same thing you see in this thread, except on a grand scale. More division, more binary thought, more 'pick your side'. And the main stream media will do what they do best. Pour gas on the fire. The nightly line-up on MSNBC will go and and on about how we must save Ukraine. More division, more hate, more everything. You triggered idiots are too blind to see anything beyond the pathetic day to day little bubbles you call lives, and that's all well and good, more power to you, but what I wrote above, and what I wrote initially is your crystal ball into the future. It's not about Trump, it's not about Biden, it's not about left or right... it's about seeing Putin's long game for exactly what it is, and I'm telling you how it's going to play out as long as that man breathes. So say what you want. VZ's a dick. Whine, cry, talk about whatever. Point fingers; blame Trump, blame Biden, blame Jan 6, blame trannies, blame crt, blame blm, blame scotus... whatever. We are playing right into his hand, and it can't be changed. That's what makes it so easy to predict. Time will prove me right. “We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. We will destroy you from within....” ~Nikita Khrushchev (1956) America is not going to fall in any of our lifetimes. It's not. But it is changing fast, and not for the better. Putin's war in the Ukraine will prove to be no small part this decline and Putin knows it. Time is on his side. He could easily live another 20 years.
Thank God we have free election every 4 years. Biden might not live as long as Putin but he can be replaced. Please replace them in the upcoming election if you want America and the entire western civilization to survive!!
Putin can spend Russian's billions and no one has any power to prevent him from doing so. a U.S. president has to answer to congress and at some point they will stop sending billions to Ukraine when they need other issues to win their local elections.
The west created the problem when it thought by trading with Russia and china it would bring democracy. Now that error needs to be undone. This is where I disagree, because Russia likes to bluff, their ammunition does not have unlimited resources, whereby the west does, Nato is bigger, more manufacturing. West will grind russia down, not vice versa. Russia have a brain drain in civilians as well as military. Unfortunately russia/ukraine conflict is a distraction, China is the bigger threat imo. West are going easy on russia, no shooting as such into russian territory, zero 'no fly' zones, not much of attacking ships, this can be ramped up if required in the future.
Russia is getting ready to deploy its advanced missiles. Satan 1 version is supposed to be deployed to Russian forces near the end of the year which is about 6 months. UK intelligence said about 2 months ago that Russia was running out of missiles. Russia just fired over 10 missiles at Kiev alone the other day. Other missiles fired at Mykolaiv and Odessa as well. That is not counting the hypersonic missiles Russia has in storage. Satan 2 version is being tested on the field and will be also, mass produced when ready. Ukraine is in big trouble. Zelensky is one bad actor. He is going to get hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians killed by the time this war is over.
Russia is becoming into an isolated police-counterintelligence dictatorship completely dependent on Chinese support and in very little time a colony.