I don't think we know how an occupation would go. The way Ukraine is fighting now is highly encouraging of course, but there's a difference between that and continuing to fight if their conventional military is ultimately defeated.
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Originally Posted by Edward64
easy for us armchair generals to be tossing out our opinion
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Agreed, I don't think any of us really
know. But I still think allied air power was and is needed to give Ukraine a realistic long-term chance of doing more than an eventual capitulation and insurgency, assuming Putin remains in power and in good enough health and doesn't back down, all of which seem likely.