All I can think of for historical reference is the battle of Thermopylae.
300 Spartans (and a few Greeks) beat 10,000 Persians, all attributed to the Spartans strategy and know-how.
The Persians just assumed sheer numbers and untrained brute force was all it took to win, the Spartans proved otherwise.
Right now,
Russians are fleeing the borders to avoid Putin's draft (conscript), I'm hearing just for Kazakhstan alone there are near 100K Russians across now, that's insane, that's .75% of the Russian population in just two days on just one border, and more are coming.
Then, Georgia, there's a massive backup of border traffic trying to enter, an estimated 50 hour wait, with countless thousands already in.
Then, Finland, same thing, they're considering closing their border, far too many Russian refugees to deal with. (reminds me of Syria, oh the irony)
Putin, it seems, is making the same mistakes Xerces did.
First mistake, allowing Oligarch, Yevgeny Prigozhin, to recruit his army from penitentiaries, criminals, to fight for them.
This is why so many seniors, women and children in Ukraine were tortured, raped and murdered, also why those forces fled once it got scary.
It's estimated Russia has lost upwards of 80,000 troops already and Russian citizens want no part of this, so it seems.
While Putin controls the news, he cannot control word of mouth nor cell phone camera's witnessing the atrocities.
Russians have a HUGE connection to Ukraine, there are strong family ties there, but also, Russians know this war has already killed more than 9 years in Afghanistan did.
Lastly, yesterday, two members of the Russian Duma spoke out against Putin's tactics, one is the head of the council, this, after Putin made it "illegal" to speak out against his war.
Putin is cornered, he's getting down to that last Ace up his sleeve, the real nuclear option.
Will his government stop him before that?
Great case for not allowing a strong man dictator to reign over a purported Democracy, that's for sure.
Edited by
Mark
on Tue 09/27/22 08:42 AM