GLOBAL POWER CONTRAST: In a swift four-hour operation with zero fatalities, U.S. forces under President Trump seized full control of Venezuela, while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—now entering its fifth year—has cost Putin an estimated 400,000 casualties without achieving decisive victory.

The stunning disparity underscores the gap in military effectiveness: American precision and overwhelming capability enabled a near-bloodless regime change, whereas Moscow’s prolonged war of attrition continues to exact a staggering human toll on both sides with no end in sight.

This sharp juxtaposition highlights evolving realities in great-power projection—one side demonstrating rapid, low-cost dominance, the other entrenched in a costly quagmire.$BTC