> 2/3 of your post is strawman i'll just skip to your last point, since it's the closest to actually being a reasonable statement. > draft is politically costly blah blah blah yes. that is the point. ukraine is protecting its political and human capital. they have deemed the situation on the front to be not severe enough to risk that political or human capital. they think they are doing good enough and that russia is doing poorly enough that a draft of 18 y/o kids is unnecessary. and they have a better understanding of this conflict and their needs than either you or me.  you've *almost* got it, you're saying the right words but you haven't understood them yet. watching you struggle with this concept is like watching a monkey try to use a telephone. don't bother with a reply, i'm heading to bed.
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