Originally Posted by
NutLoose
I also cannot get over the Russians sense that they will never lose wars… they lost In Afghanistan big time.
Russia has lost or drawn in 37.5% of the wars and conflicts that they have been involved in since around 970 A.D. In the 3 largest wars, they were adversely affected by their own leaders, in 2 of those cases, the weather and hubris of the invaders led to the invaders defeat in or near Moscow in winter. In one of those wars, they had to sue for peace and then deal with the civil unrest that led to the overthrow of the Tsarist regime. The Afghan war didn't end well, and that was an elective choice by the Kremlin. In Chechnya, round 1, the RF forces were shredded, and then in round 2, started by RF deliberately destroying apartments in Moscow blamed on Chechnya, RF showed all the subtlety and self control of a asteroid impact. They didn't win much, they simply destroyed all that there was there, much as they have done in Mariupol. Russia seems bent on taking the NK's position of lowest on the social totem pole.