yeah, you got me. i actually thought we wouldn't see another "real" direct country vs country boots-on-the-ground war for another couple decades at least
Not me, I changed my mind about two weeks before the invasion when Ukrainian mobilization picked up and they started shelling Donetsk
In December and January the Russians were about as mobilized as they were during the worst fighting in 2015, so it was easy to write it off as just another bad episode, but those last three weeks in February came fast and lots of folks who wrote it off in Jan got caught with their pants down
Being a leftist is being Cassandra.
We are always right, every time, but our prophecies are ignored and ridiculed.
Every fucking time man.
I should really start placing bets on these things
The last time I thought that, I bet against Russia invading.
i think the technical term is forex trading
goddamn libs won't even let people bet on wars without abstracting it all away behind arcane market mechanisms
Except the whole Russia invasion thing. 99% of people here were dead certain it wouldn't happen
Guilty. I was surprised, I was sure it was just brinksmanship.
yeah, you got me. i actually thought we wouldn't see another "real" direct country vs country boots-on-the-ground war for another couple decades at least
Not me, I changed my mind about two weeks before the invasion when Ukrainian mobilization picked up and they started shelling Donetsk
In December and January the Russians were about as mobilized as they were during the worst fighting in 2015, so it was easy to write it off as just another bad episode, but those last three weeks in February came fast and lots of folks who wrote it off in Jan got caught with their pants down
Tbh I always thought Russia will just send troops to Donetsk and Lushank just not in february