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by ssssvd 468 days ago
You can’t fully defeat a nuclear power. You can, at best, drive it back — if you’re willing to pay the price.

And that price means Europe will have to absorb a dramatic, sustained drop in quality of life — plus forced mobilisation.

Even the Poles - the most serious player in Europe right now — only have about 200,000 troops.

The British and French combined have maybe 40,000 soldiers actually capable of high-intensity combat. That’s enough for, what - four weeks of real war?

After that, there will be no volunteers. That means a draft.

So the real question is: Are you ready to be drafted to “defeat Russia”?