Originally Posted by
cdnmatt
What's sad about this whole thing is Russia is going to end up in economic ruin for decades to come. Well, what's even more sad is all the folks who were murdered and raped in Ukraine, but yeah....
Russia isn't going to stop, so the West has obviously made the decision that it won't stop either until Russia is out of bullets and simply can't fight anymore. This is now a war of attrition. Thing is, the West can keep up this kind of pressure for decades, whereas Russia simply can't. At some point here Russia will run out of steam, and in the meantime until that happens, we're all just kind of hoping Putin isn't crazy enough to send off nukes.
This whole thing is just so sad and unnecessary. Russia is still only making minimal gains at best in eastern Ukraine, and all the while there's ~140,000 NATO based soldiers, a fleet of F-35s and so on just sitting there on the sidelines bordering Ukraine ready for action. Russia doesn't stand a chance.
At this point, the only saving grace Russia may have at its disposal is a revolution. Overhal the government, get Putin and all his comrades out there, draft a new constituion that's a little more fair to the Russian people, and get your shit together. That's pretty much the only chance Russia has at saving itself from a 30 year long economic depression.