Subject: Re: Let’s See If This Pans Out for Putin
#6 is the point that seems to not be registering among the board's lefties.

This is where you're completely wrong.

We all know this. We all agree with this.

The point of difference is not that we disagree that Ukraine lacks the resources to directly dislodge the Russian military from the area they control by direct physical action. It's that we recognize that in many (most!) conflicts where a smaller military has defeated a larger country, it has not been necessary for the smaller military to actually drive out the other army - or even to have the capacity to do so.

For some reason, that does not seem to register with you.