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Re:British empire killed 165M Indians in 40 years: How colon... by laserdancepony on Saturday December 17, 2022 @04:56PM (#34032655)
> The west has had a whole year and not even been able to raise one Brigade worth of troops.

Yes, most certainly this was the entire point of the elaborate weapon delivery schemes. To not escalate this to a world war by sending in NATO forces.

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Re:British empire killed 165M Indians in 40 years: How colon... by gsatic on Saturday December 17, 2022 @05:30PM (#34032955)
Doesn't look like it's working. They have lost half their energy infra. And NATO did announce they were going to raise troops mid year. Hasn't happened afaik, cuz the members don't agree on contributing troops.
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Re:British empire killed 165M Indians in 40 years: How colon... by yucky on Saturday December 17, 2022 @06:47PM (#34033484) 

   > Doesn't look like it's working.
If it weren't working Russia would have steamrolled Ukraine in a week. Agree or disagree with the policy, but the US is threading the needle between giving Ukraine enough support to keep Russia from winning quickly and decisively, while not putting troops on the ground in a direct fight with Russia which would cause World War 3.

If that is indeed the goal, it has worked thus far. I disagree that this is a wise path, but it's their stated strategy.

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Re:British empire killed 165M Indians in 40 years: How colon... by wellthatsawrap2 on Saturday December 17, 2022 @05:06PM (#34032752)
Just get it close as possible to a world war.
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