jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoRussia says US support for Ukraine will end as ‘humiliating fiasco’ like ‘Vietnam and Afghanistan’thehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkRussia says US support for Ukraine will end as ‘humiliating fiasco’ like ‘Vietnam and Afghanistan’thehill.comjeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squaremacrocephalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThe difference is that Vietnam and Afghanistan were civil wars. It’s very difficult to win a war when a sizable portion of the citizens are fighting against you. Ukraine seems to be very united against a common enemy: Russia.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months ago The difference is that Vietnam and Afghanistan were civil wars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbas A civil war that’s been ongoing since 2014. Ukraine seems to be very united against a common enemy Western Ukraine, sure. But that’s not where Russia’s military is occupying territory.
The difference is that Vietnam and Afghanistan were civil wars. It’s very difficult to win a war when a sizable portion of the citizens are fighting against you. Ukraine seems to be very united against a common enemy: Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbas
A civil war that’s been ongoing since 2014.
Western Ukraine, sure. But that’s not where Russia’s military is occupying territory.