| Ryuu96 said: As far as I can see, only one US General was killed in Afghanistan, the last US General to be killed in combat was Vietnam, in total 13 died during that war but only 7 of those were killed by enemy actions, USA's ground involvement in that war lasted about 8 years. |
I am against wars in general, but from a historical point of view, the more waring a nation is, the more experience they have, and the better they are at it. For decades now, Russia has been behind the scenes, only engaging in conflict against clearly inferior foes, but mostly indirectly engaging in proxy wars or just bombing enemies. They've basically had a soft Pax Romana, whereas America has been literally not stop fighting since 2001.
Basically Sparta vs. Rome during their period of peace, kind of difference here. Russia's "fat and happy" period (as I often refered to the Pax Romana as to my students when I taught history) is clearly on display here.
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