It became clear that Reality wasn’t your thing. Besides, I normally don’t make time for thin-skinned posters who cry when they get even mild pushback to the punches they throw.

Reality is all I'm interested in. And "thin-skinned"? You must be thinking of someone else. I don't give a crap what people on a message board say about me. I provide as accurate information as I have available, and people make of it what they will. If I'm lucky, someone may even add to that information, increasing my knowledge.

You have zero idea what you’re talking about. The AQU-style “insurgency” that you think is going on isn’t what is going on. I’ll ask you the question that Al keeps ducking. You’re a dad in Mariupol and Putin has your kids in Siberia.

What are you talking about? Insurgency? Both albaby and myself have pointed out that we haven't reached that stage yet, and maybe never will with Ukraine. In fact, I highly doubt it will ever reach that, but I don't have a crystal ball.

The point is that a big country trying to absorb a little country almost always doesn't work. Even if they are there for years, in the end they usually leave. As in the examples I (and others) gave. You are the one refusing to see that.

Putin is toast as long as Europe supports Ukraine. If the USA also supports, he's toast even faster. But we aren't necessary for that end. No, Ukraine will never push Russia out. They will not take over Russia. Russia will eventually leave because it is untenable for them to remain.