you're retarded. i hate that i even need to explain this. for one, do you realize how much of that is empty wilderness? do you realize that more land and airspace, shores and borders means it requires more to defend and keep secure? do you really think the physical size of a nation is equal to its power? because theres a lot of measurable examples of smaller nations who did a lot more, and big ones who did very little.  lets compare the usa to vietnam. should've been no contest right? i mean yeah america shit all over that country and bombed the fuck out of a lot of people. but hey.. we still lost right? you think the vietnamese thought it was unwinnable?  the bigger they are the harder they fall. honestly, and this is my naive assessment.. but russia being that large puts them at a disadvantage in certain ways. it forces them to be spread thin with all their defense system. it also takes a lot more time to mobilize their military to strategic positions across their massive border. it would be pretty easy to take them down in the right nations were so inclined.. it could be death by a thousand cuts with a big coup de grace finish. and this isn't a bluff or wishful thinking. i think russia and any other allies they have to some capacity, they lost a long time ago they just haven't realized or admitted it. but they probably are realizing it now after their missile didn't do what it was supposed to do. just like china realized their weather balloon was a pointless attempt. what they're going to realize is that the west has been the merciful and patient one this whole time.. probably even tried to warn them but the russian intel was just too stubborn and continued to double down and push forward in the cold war and arms race. despite it not being physically possible for them achieve at this point without an extremely risky and hard fought effort. they're just not going to take and claim what they need to win. they'll get annihilated before they reach it.
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