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0 pointsUncleMeat4y ago0 comments

In the modern day, humans are not necessarily "cheap disposable units." At least for the US, it is not politically feasible to have 50,000-100,000 people die in a war anymore. 4,431 US soldiers were killed in Iraq. The calculus has changed and now dollars are cheaper than lives.

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ChuckNorris894y ago

>humans are not necessarily "cheap disposable units"

Putin and most of the Russian military doctrine would beg to differ.

UncleMeatOP4y ago

"Not necessarily."

It depends on the nation and their political situation.

AnimalMuppet4y ago

To what degree do you think that Russia's losses in Afghanistan led to the fall of the Soviet Union?

Since 1945, Russia hasn't shown that it can accept a war of mass casualties without political fallout. Russian military doctrine may say that it can, but Putin would be unwise to assume so.

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