@rikiwilchins.bsky.socialRiki Wilchins For purposes of comparison, we lost ~50k soldiers in Vietnam over 8 years out of a pop of ~200m. Russia is has a pop of <150m and it looses nearly that many EVERY MONTH. This is the historical juncture Trump has chosen to all but tear up NATO.
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