bombmk t1_j6kawrp wrote on January 30, 2023 at 10:50 PM

Reply to comment by ASD_Detector_Array in Ukraine calls for faster weapons supplies as Russia presses eastern offensive by redcccp

Political pussyfooting.
There is SOME logic to stepping it up slowly to avoid giving Putin a single big issue to use as grounds for a truly horrible decision. Slow boiling the nuclear/biological weapons issue basically.

They have in my opinion just been WAY too careful. Which is politically safe as long as it is not their citizens dying.

ASD_Detector_Array t1_j6m9unp wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:33 AM

Yeah that's a good point. I like the slow boil analogy around the nuclear issue.

I still think that the wearing down of an adversary can't easily be discounted as a motive.

bombmk t1_j6mco0c wrote on January 31, 2023 at 10:14 AM

Sure, that argument does not disprove that there are other motives.

But I have yet to see someone make a convincing argument supporting the idea that Russia losing slowly is more effective than them losing fast. A retreat would be a political nightmare for Putin.