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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

it's an extremely viable off-ramp in fact that's how the majority of wars have ended

as Ukraine have tried military force and it didn't work then an outcome that doesn't relly on the Russians just deciding to give up on the whole idea for no reason might be better alligned with reality

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Worked for the Taliban twice.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who is running Afghanistan right now?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The same group that did when the USSR invaded. The same group that did when the US invaded. They're terrible people, but you can't argue their strategy wasn't effective.