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Originally Posted by JPhillips
Multiple Russian media sources apparently published and then retracted what looked like a Kremlin piece praising Putin for annexing Ukraine and humiliating the West. If that's the goal, seems unlikely to get there now. Even if, as I think will happen, Russia is able to kill or remove the current government, how do they police Ukraine? It isn't like the population is going to drop all of their weapons and obey. And then how does Russia get reintegrated into the world economy?
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They don't have the forces to occupy a population of 44 million people. Iraq has a smaller population and we weren't able to do it with international support and a far more competent military. The only thing I can figure is they hope that by getting a Lukashenko-like leader in place and forcing the pro-democracy people out of leadership positions throughout the government and military things people will fall in line.