>>519507285
>I don't think anyone really thought it would go forward.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Ukraine is the replacement for Afghanistan in terms of stimulus for the military industrial complex. Ukraine is intended to be the new forever war

>>513150199
>the Russian army is well-equipped to wipe Chechnya off the face of the earth if it chimps out again.
Didn't they chimp out with the assistance of American and other Western allied intelligence? Chechnya might not have the same access to the same assistance if they try again