I'm pretty sure we don't actually know the number of deaths, but also, I'm not trying to argue that they actually do die at a rate of 50% and you're making a mountain out of a mole hill. My point is that the survival of conscripts doesn't matter and so the question becomes "whose survival matters?" Like I said, I can't say for sure that they mostly die. But they sure as fuck die.
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That's also how you talk to countries you're trying to terrify into giving you greater concessions. The "art of the deal" is terrifying the other party with impossible demands and then negotiating down from there to something realistic, letting them think they avoided disaster. It creates an environment of fear and uncertainty, which forces his opponents to be cautious and fearful.
I suppose there's no way to know if he's bluffing or if he's being sincere, but that's the point. He wants people to be afraid.
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They don't want to die and are being matched to their deaths? They're conscripts.
If people want to abandon the country, fucking let them.