Source: Reason
by Paul Schwennesen
“Inching backward while bleeding Russia dry, Ukraine is relying on a time-tested military truth: You don’t need to outgun an invader — you just need to outlast them. … Losing as slowly as possible — husbanding one’s manpower and resources during a careful strategic retreat — is a time-tested strategy against an ostensibly superior force. From George Washington to Ho Chi Minh, commanders who embrace this inglorious yet practical approach find that it can be devastatingly effective. … Of course, the slow retreat strategy only works if the enemy eventually breaks — either militarily, economically, or politically. And this is where critics raise the most serious objection: Russia is famous, after all, for preternatural levels of endurance. ” (08/11/25)
https://reason.com/2025/08/11/for-ukraine-losing-slowly-might-be-a-winning-strategy/