“Putin is about to start the most senseless war in history”
Umm no.
The most senseless war was one that lasted nearly 20 years and just recently ended in utter failure, like leaving Saigon level of failure....
The senselessness of wars is metered in loss of life and destruction of infrastructure, rather than a calendar. By that measure, russia’s war in Ukraine surpassed the USA’s invasion of Afghanistan probably within the first 2 weeks.
You speak of Afghanistan.
After a little while, that was not really a war but an occupation. There were Americans killed but the numbers were not great. More died on Iwo in a few days than the entire campaign in Afghanistan. More Russians died failing to capture Kiev than americans died in Afghanistan.
Your effort to equate fails on the face