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Re:Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist su... by baxtr on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:28AM (#46551348)
Oh yes sorry, I forgot that Russia is super successful in Ukraine and Europe is on the brink of collapse because it ran out of energy!
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Re:Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist su... by lm28469 on Friday January 09, 2026 @07:00AM (#46552976)
That's not my point at all

Do you think Spain would fair better than Russia against Ukraine ?

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Re:Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist su... by enaaem on Friday January 09, 2026 @10:53AM (#46555150)
Actually yes. Ukraine is far easier to invade for Russia. Geography is super flat. You can drive in from anywhere. Easy to supply thanks to sovjet rail. Spain is very mountainous and a pain in the ass to invade. How would Russia supply their troops that are completely rail dependent?
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Re:Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist su... by baxtr on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:34PM (#46556468)
I get your point. Spain would fail miserably.

But you’re not taken into account how many men Russia is losing to maintain that level of aggression. It’s compensating its small GDP with humans.

Spain would never do that and thus fail.

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