MrMakabar

There are other estimates on that page and some like Austins with 350k are much lower. The US Secretary of Defense is also a pretty decent source, so hard to dismiss that one.

There is a Wiki article showing a number of different estimates. It is almost certainly casualties and at that a high estimate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War#Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

It is roughly half the casualties the US had in WW2, with a roughly similar sized population. The war is still going and Russian losses have increased. That is with Russians on average being older. So for younger generations, this is getting pretty close in terms of losses. Also losses are higher, when you are being beaten. Looking at Russian equipment, I can easily see those going up.

Now think about what WW2 did with the US.

This is a lot more complicated. The jobs in the oil and gas industry are well paid and will be hard to replace for a number of communities. A refinery creates a lot of union jobs, with great pay for example. Combustion engines also provide more jobs then electric drive trains. So fewer jobs in the car industry. Also companies like Rolls Royce. It is hard to find a replacement for jet engines, which can do something similar. Airbus in general is a big employer in the UK, especially with the entire supply chain.

That is just some stuff coming to mind. It really is not that simple. Obviously there are new green jobs created, but those jobs are not necessarily in the same places, as the old fossil fuel ones.

No, but she wants funding for a space laser to control the border to Mexico.

Sorry to be so negative, but people being angry, still requires them to be organized and work on overthrowing Putin. Unfortunately Putin killed all opposition leaders.

This makes Putin falling more likely, but it needs a spark of hope and that will be hard to find in Russia.

Not all of them all the time. Hamas are a bunch of radical Sunnis, who like Iran for example. However Al Qaeda and the Taliban really do hate Iran. Iran even told the US were to bomb Taliban positions, which was a big reason why the US could invade Afghanistan as easily as they did. Both Iran and the Taliban also fight the Islamic State.

The entire region is really complex and yes some Sunnis are going to cheer Iran being bombed, like the Saudis for example, others will not.

@Zaktor@sopuli.xyz and this is why ambiguity does not work in this case.

"At the same time what has happened in Gaza in the past 10 months is devastating. So many innocent lives lost. The scale of suffering is heartbreaking,", "Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom and self determination."

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/23/g-s1-19232/kamala-harris-israel-gaza-dnc

So, she is saying that what is happening in Gaza is wrong(this was before the recent attacks in Lebanon) and is for a two state solution, which is about as far as you can go.

Harris said she told Netanyahu “it is time to get this deal done.”

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/nx-s1-5048285/harris-gaza-war

Hence direct claims to actually push for a ceasefire.

There are a few problems. First of all she is not president right now, so she can not stop Biden from sending bombs to Israel. Biden is about as bad as they get for Democrats. At the same time, her openly going against it is a big problem, as she is part of the administration. Secondly Trump already made a deal with Netanyahu, that they are not going to agree to a ceasefire until the election, to help Trump win. That alone should be a big endoresment of Harris.

Germany has a pretty similar apprenticeship system to Switzerland, but a massive gap.

These are the offical figures by the Ukrainian military. They obviously do want to make Russian losses look bigger then their own and have not reason to tell anybody what their real losses. Russia also publishes numbers, but unlike Ukraines they are not a bit too high, but insane.

A lot of people seem to forget, what countries can take. Seriously WW2 was most everybody being willing to be bombed, have way higher casulties at the front, while rationing at home. That was true for everybody. Right now Russia has spend its war chest on the war, which means few cuts in pensions, education, infrastructure and so forth. A lot of money went to soldiers and workers in the arms industry. Millions of Russians got a better life due to the war. What we see right now is the war chest running low and that forces Russia to make cuts. So the question is how deep can Putin cut, before the systems collapses.

But Russia has a lot of natural resources and a fairly sufficent economy, while being able to trade with China. It is not perfect, but that can last a long time. Also Russia can just print Rubel. It hurts the economy long term, but Putin does not care.