I was curious about the Ukraine/Russia war death toll. So I started scouring various sources and soon discovered huge discrepancies in reported casualties. So I finally decided to go with US intelligence estimates and that's when it hit me.
The US lost ~405,000 in WWII, ~37,000 in Korea, ~58,000 in Vietnam, ~6300 in Iraq & Afghanistan. Of note, we were 8 years in Iraq and 20 years in Afghanistan.
The US Intelligence estimates ~120,000 Russian and ~90,000 Ukraine dead. Over 200,000 dead in 18 months.
6300 dead by a first-rate military action spanning decades versus 200,000 dead by 3rd-rate military action spanning a year and a half.
It should be obvious to thinking people that the Ukraine/Russia war is killing a ridiculous number of soldiers.
It should also cause thinking people to ask "Why the hell are we supporting this carnage?
Pretty clear that Russia is no longer a conventional military threat. Russian GDP at $1.4 trillion is no match for the $12 Trillion Chinese or $22 Trillion US GDPs. Essentially Russia is a shrunken turd of a country we could completely ignore if not for their nuclear weapons.
So now I'm wondering why we are involved with NATO? NATO's sole purpose was to counter the now non-existent USSR.
And I'm also wondering why we aren't dragging Ukraine and Russia to the bargaining table to end this meat grinder conflict. I don't expect much out of the current POTUS, but it seems that the Military Industrial Complex Ike warned us about is making a lot of money off the dead bodies.
Our media won't report on it, but it is hard to ignore 200,000 lives lost.
Damn, but I'm beginning to think Trump was right again.
