Russia Ukraine war, page-19782

Interesting as your question is the answer is a long way off .

But when talking governments some just have no concept of debt particularly in democracies as they will not be in power for a result as their terms are short in contrast to say having one term models of governance !

Many models of governance see the changes of democracies in policy but very few democratic get to see a result of the people in power to the fruitions of policy because they change so much and are fickle to running elections frequently .

The Afghanistan Iraq war had four presidents of America it had maybe more in Australia with prime ministers? Want to count how many times ?

Now the drain on the elite?

Its an old ship already paid for and well Russia has a defense military focus on its needs rather than needing project its power as a offensive power ie America

But anyway this is a scrabble board of cost off some media sight of the war in Afghanistan .

Note that the elite paid less tax for the later wars !

This war is cheap because its proxy war for well ?

The resolve though is the people !

Who are used for war .

They all fight for freedom don't they ?

Its kind of perfect to effect the proxy wars where governments are corrupt and you can destabilize them under the guise of freedom

And can project all your costs under a banner while your countries money is being taken away from you .

Complicated !

No the rich don't fight the wars they elevate them and the poor pay with their ultimate sacrifice .

The other perhaps more dangerous is the ideologues who can rally people to kill each other while never facing danger themselves .

Risk reward kind of if you want economics of it .

Nato can drag this war out for years for little cost to them . And well it is little cost to Russia in one old ship ?

Defensively .

The people though who will pay is the total devastation of their country is Ukraine being used for little cost to those who join into the war from the outside .

Now the big one is the nato arming a country with its unsettled governance is it may go on for years in civil power struggles long after the powers settle on some sort of agreement and they will be armed to the hilt .

It may turn out different ?

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/cost-afghanistan-war-lives-dollars-78802965