Comments by "John Walsh" (@johnwalsh4857) on "Would Russia Use Nuclear Weapons To End The War? (feat. Konstantin Kisin)" video.
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for the USSR the war in Afghanistan was just one facet of why the USSR collapsed , its all about the economy , USSR was simply spending above its means , a LOT above its means in order to achieve military parity with the west, yes the cost of the war in Afghanistan was a major drain but even worse drain is to maintain its massive armed forces to confront NATO in Europe, to confront China in the east, to support its proxies like Warsaw pact members, Cuba, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Syria, North korea, Angola, Nicaragua as well as various proxy guerilla and terrorist groups. along with low oil prices as oil prices crashed to as low as 29 USD per barrell in 1986,. as the USSR was dependent on resource exports (oil, gold, gas etc. ) to ironically its customers in Western Europe. and its economy was too centralized and inefficient. The war in Ukraine is much worse than Afghanistan in terms of the loss of resources and manpower. a bit worse economic drain than Afghanistan ever was. and the worst war in terms of manpower, resource and economic drain since WW2. The longer this war goes, the more it will bring down the Russian economy and if the Russian people start feeling economic hardships from this war, esp. when the Russian army gets defeats and not able to achieve much on the field well the more Putin's hold on power gets weaker, and of course the more he gets desperate to hang on to power and the more he will be tempted to use nukes in Ukraine, now the question is, if his own people will obey Putin when he gives the nuke order. my opinion no, I think Putin 's order will not only be disobeyed but the oligarchs, and Russian military and political leaders will use this as a pretext to remove him from power. While they owe Putin their power, they will not be willing to sacrifice their families and wealth to have WW3 with the west.
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