re: #295 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

This seems so desperate on Russia’s part.

If there’s something that the history of the 20th and 21st century shows us, it’s that conquest just doesn’t work. Taking areas by force and holding onto them hasn’t really worked for anyone except insurgents in their own country. This seems like something they’ve forced themselves into with increasing nationalism and self-deception.

The history of empires is that when they stop conquering, they tend to start falling apart due to internal problems.