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I highly doubt this makes any financial sense.

The marginal cost to kill or seriously wound a Russian is probably something like $50k; the _entire war_ has only cost ~$250k per Russian casualty in direct military spending, and that includes lots of pricey defensive spending like anti-air defense. Ukraine has constantly been short on things like drones and ammo that could easily be purchased if only more funds were available.

I _highly_ doubt the French government is spending less than $50k per Russian. There's a ton of work that needs to be done to vet defecting Russian soldiers given the high chance they're infiltrators, and every failure is incredibly costly. That's on top of ordinary refugee expenses like welfare and other social support, which cost thousands per year.

Just spend the money on weapons and focus on killing Russians efficiently. The ones who are deserting were probably not effective soldiers anyway.

nix 1y ago

why don't you write a book about it. "How to create a genocide, efficiently"

Israel's war on Gaza would be a great place to do research for it.

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Peter Todd 1y ago

It's a war. You could kill every single Russian soldier, and it wouldn't be a genocide. You would however be preventing a genocide.

https://x.com/CaolanRob/status/1843749934379515953

nix 1y ago

You discussed "marginal cost to kill or seriously wound a Russian", and said "killing Russians efficiently".

The only time you mentioned soldiers was when you wanted to object to any effort being made to take Russian soldiers off the battlefield without killing them.

This kind of hate is sick in the worst sense of the word. It is the type of hate which Israel's govt has for Palestinians.

nix 1y ago

A US marine saying that using drones to kill people from above is a whole new way to wage war is rather rich.

The US has been doing that for ages, bombing wedding parties etc.

I did not see any proof that Russians are targeting civilians deliberately. The type of proof that comes from Gaza and ppl like you happily ignore. Little children shot between the eyes with snipers.

The 'double tap' claim, a strategy used by the IDF in Gaza, is made by what looks like a Ukrainian soldier whose face we never see. No proof provided.

Yes, I believe that civilians are suffering. Makes me pissed off at the ppl in the West who prevented peace agreements, twice to date.

Overall, a propaganda video which fails to provide any proof that Russia is "hunting civilians". Goes with those 'raping babies' claims from before.