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5. If you wage a war of choice, the balance tips in the favour of your adversary, who has nowhere to go and little to lose,

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 09:35 PM

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whereas eventually you may succumb to pressures to up sticks, pretend you won something, and skedaddle home.

See Russia and Ukraine.

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