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[–] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 64 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Getting the sinking feeling that they're straight up never going to acknowledge any kind of Ukrainian defeat

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 44 points 10 months ago

I'm thinking about the "Government in Exile" industry and I'm thinking you're right.

[–] KatsInSpace@hexbear.net 38 points 10 months ago

I came to terms with this a year ago tbh

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The real Vietnam Syndrome

"We killed [made up number of Russians] but lost the land and any strategic goal, you call that a loss???"

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago

I wonder if the CIA will kill Zelensky and liberals and Ukrainian refugees will still worship the US like they did with Ngo Diem lol

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 29 points 10 months ago

They've been planning for this eventuality since the beginning. Remember that "Kiev in 3 days" was made up by an American general from the start of this armed conflict. The Western media will simply say that Russia wanted to take over all of Ukraine and overrun Europe but the brave sacrifice of your tax dollars (and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians.... Whatever) stopped the Russian horde with on the sacrifice of a small amount of Ukrainian territory.

It's essentially the Finnish Winter War myth writ large.