(09-13-2022, 07:45 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(09-13-2022, 02:13 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: What the hell have you been watching? Must be the same channel where Queen Elizabeth II is still alive and 2020 never happened.

I was talking about the Ukrainian counteroffensive.  I assumed that's what he was talking about.  The Ukrainian counteroffensive has not come at a terrible cost for Ukrainians.  

He said "by all accounts this was a win for the Ukrainians but at a terrible cost." I didn't think he was talking about the entire war because he use the word "was" and the war is continuing.  And I thought he was responding to my remark about the counteroffensive.  

Of course this entire war has come at a terrible cost for Ukrainians.  

I would add, if he was talking about the entire war when he said "this was a win for the Ukrainians," then I think he's being very premature.   The war is not over.