Quote from: al_infierno on May 10, 2024, 06:10:40 PMQuote from: Father Ted on May 10, 2024, 05:59:43 PMThe irony is, of course, that he said he didn't want to throw any premature announcements out there, because they would raise unreasonable expectations in the community, and yet he did and now there are
Hilariously enough, as I recall, the whole "no more premature announcements" thing was because they announced release months and then missed them without any notice multiple times in a row. Apparently putting out a "Hey, we're gonna need to delay this" sometime during the month when it becomes clear you won't hit the deadline is just too much to manage.
QuoteFor Putin deadlock is preferable to defeat but victory would be better. He had reason to believe at the start of this year that he might have a path to victory as his forces pressed hard against Ukrainian positions along the line of contact while the US Congress was paralysed by Republican Party splits. This led to concern that we had reached a turning point in this war, with Russia having the more reason to be optimistic.
The pendulum has yet to swing in the other direction but Russia's big push has not yielded decisive results and its position could worsen towards the end of this year. So for the third year in a row Putin has celebrated a famous victory of almost eight decades ago while being unable to claim a new victory.
Quote from: Gusington on May 11, 2024, 06:36:09 PMPeace at what cost is the question. Is Ukraine ready to accept that 20% or more of their territory is now Russian and may be forever?