Originally Posted by
Sue Vêtements
Ask yourselves this: Did The Blitz weaken, or strengthen our resolve?
Did the part of The Troubles than took place on the UK mainland make anyone in the UK say "Well they have a point"?
Did constant bombing the NVA cause them to stop
etc etc
What actually ended The Troubles? Was it in large part that people just got exhausted by it?
I agree. There are too many examples of using warfare as an ineffective means of "sending a message" and mostly because we fail to grasp the mind of the audience. Strikes against targets in Russia, if there are any, should be to impact Russia's ability to make strikes against Ukraine and to reduce its material capacity to wage war. In spite of Russia's attack on Ukrainian civilians, having little practical military effect, Ukraine should not do the same. As stated by several, Ukraine is smaller than Russia by every measure except morality and grit. Focus limited military resources on Russian military resources to make them all the more limited and keep the world on your side.