I am so tired of “Russia is accustomed to losing people in war.” Such bullshit. They haven’t had a significant conflict for 30 years. They aren’t “accustomed” to this.
And while old fools will say such a thing, when your son comes home in a box you don’t dare open, I can assure you..no one is “accustomed” to that.
The Soviet war in Afghanistan wasn't that bloody. Not as bad as Vietnam or Korea.
The last bloody war the Soviets were in was all the way back in 1945.
Russians have long memories. How many of their family members were killed in WW2? 20mil, 30 mil? We have no idea what it’s like to be in their shoes. It would behoove us to understand them rather than insist on being at war with them. This is NATO’s war. They wanted it. They got it, and I’m already sick of it.