• Muscle_Meteor
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    1 day ago

    Probably, its their proud soldiers going of to war… And losing. Or maybe still winning but at a high cost

    Military embarrassments is a pretty terminal for regimes, Argentina post Falklands war comes to mind

    Either way, pretty sure the red states would like him more if he won with no consequences

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      8 hours ago

      I guess that’s true. In aggressor states “how dare they resist” can be a real dynamic, but the examples I can think of are more from within the military or regime itself, not civilians.