• Zeppo@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    What number of those people are of military age, though, fit, able, willing to upend their lives and would support whatever cause? A lot less than 330 million, I’d guess.

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      3 days ago

      They don’t have to be fighters for it to be a headache. During a civil war you have to deal with feeding, securing, housing, etc. all of those people when areas inevitably collapse or are taken over for military operations and people evacuate (i.e. refugees).

      Then there are people who do support whichever side and do small acts of sabotage, espionage, etc.