In the west for everyone in the PMC and upwards consequences do not exist and have never existed their entire lives. Bad stuff only happens to people far away or to poors that don't work hard enough. Most of them genuinely do not think that it will affect them.
I don’t really think so. The level of brutality world wars pretty much always necessitate is the reason they are short. You cannot sacrifice that amount of people forever.
Troops in an """"""advisory"""""" and """"""training"""""" role stationed close to the front line who could of course defend themselves in the event of attack,
We should not for a second believe "oh we're not going to send anybody who'd directly harm anyone," but I believe most military personnel do not directly fight. Support/logistics needs are immense.
Do you want to hollow out the core of your professional military? Because this is how you hollow out the core of your professional military.
Almost all NATO countries are struggling to meet recruiting quotas. Telling an undecided teen that he might be sent to die in Ukraine even if he lands a non combat role is recruiting suicide.
Not to be a tankie or whatever but I'm gonna be pretty peeved if NATO's cope at losing escalates this shit into nuclear war. Threads did not make that look fun, like, at all.
CIA agents, NED bozos, and American mercenaries were already there training/arming Ukraine two years ago, so I'm frankly surprised there wasn't already noncombat troops there.
img caption: "Ukrainian National guard soldiers simulate the evacuation of a wounded comrade and provide first medical help during tactical training at a shooting range in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Feb. 29, 2024. "
I feel France is leading the charge because you need a nuclear armed country to deter tactical nuclear weapons which are likely part of Russia's strategy. However, France can't match Russia on tactical nukes, they would need to escalate with nuclear cruise missiles and submarine MIRVs