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Western allies receive increasingly 'sobering' updates on Ukraine's counteroffensive: 'This is the most difficult time of the war' | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)

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[–] broguy89@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except nuclear powers are not allowed to lose. That's why everyone wants to be a nuclear power and all the nuclear powers don't want any new nuclear powers.

[–] chowder@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nuclear powers aren't allowed to lose? Like the American Vietnam war or the first Russian Chechnya war?