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WORLD WAR III
See other WORLD WAR III Articles Title: Russia and Ukraine Have Incentives to Negotiate. The U.S. Has Other Plans.
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The New York Times
URL Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/ ... n/russia-ukraine-us-tanks.html
Published: Feb 7, 2023
Author: Christopher Caldwell
Post Date: 2023-02-07 18:59:25 by Charles_Byrd
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Views: 42
The United States’ recent promise to ship advanced M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine was a swift response to a serious problem. The problem is that Ukraine is losing the war. Not, as far as we can tell, because its soldiers are fighting poorly or its people have lost heart, but because the war has settled into a World War I-style battle of attrition, complete with carefully dug trenches and relatively stable fronts. Such wars tend to be won — as indeed World War I was — by the side with the demographic and industrial resources to hold out longest. Russia has more than three times Ukraine’s population, an intact economy and superior military technology. At the same time, Russia has its own problems; until recently, a shortage of soldiers and the vulnerability of its arms depots to missile strikes have slowed its westward progress. Both sides have incentives to come to the negotiating table. Click for Full Text! Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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