Silver Cat
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The difference is, that in Iraq and Afghanistan ordinary American soldiers and, as well, American civilians didn't see the difference between "good guys" and "bad guys". Both of them were strange foreigners, unknown and menacing.1) They don't tell them the war is futile. They send the message every day that the war is worth fighting for.
Just like the US said the war in Iraq and Afghanistan were worth fighting for.
Russians and Ukrainians are, in fact, one nation. Almost everyone has a cousin on another side and often talk with them in internet. And, ordinary Russian soldier actually see local Russian women and children behind him and actual German tanks with Ukrainian Banderovci (Nazi-collaborants) in front of him. And after, say, Odessa massacre, Russian women and children are really frightened of Ukrainian Nazi-collaborants backed by NATO. So, from their point of view, Russian soldiers actually defend their families.