[adorno]

Covid was mostly an internal matter, as far as credibility is concerned.

Foreign wars and foreign issues, are matter-of-fact issues, and we can either believe the facts or make up our own. But one thing for certain is that, in wars, people die, by the thousands and by the millions. In the Russia/Ukraine war, nobody can doubt that hundreds of thousands of casualties have been suffered, by both sides, with Russia as the invaders naturally suffering greater casualties because the land being invaded is better known by the Ukrainians,and they don't have to worry about importing forces and equipment, like the Russians do.

We may never get exact figures, but with modern weapons, you can bet the destruction and casualties will be very large.

[wastedyears]

Which side has all their own equipment, and which side is getting billions upon billions of dollars worth of equipment? The Russian navy could destroy the ports, then what? They could destroy rail lines into Ukraine, then what? A Ukraine airlift? Russia can get everything it needs to the front relatively easy, while everything for Ukraine is in danger.