Do Russians Love War?

The idea of military sacrifice and Russian, the Russian nation expressing itself through noble war is so deeply ingrained in the country's consciousness that it's very hard for people who don't live there to understand how much leeway Putin has. I was thinking, Matt, when you were talking about this idea that Ukraine is never more loved when it isWhen it is when it has its back against the one more. That has a weird analogy to Israel in that, you know, Israel was, Israel was beloved when it,. You know, it's a Dara Horns theory people love dead Jews but if Jews show themselves to be stalwart and tough and able to recover from being on the back foot