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"clusterfuck"!
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Who knew? Apparently, "special military operation" is just Russian for (Original Post)
Atticus
May 2022
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lapfog_1
(29,226 posts)1. predicted
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)2. Anyone remember "Quackmire"...?
It was a meme here in the early 2000s photos of Dubya and his Iraq War cronies, with the AFLAC duck photoshopped in.
underpants
(182,904 posts)3. No kidding.
Geez, where to start?
Theyve lost 15,000 troops in 2 MONTHS? The comparison numbers for say Vietnam let alone Iraq or Afghanistan (and the number of years each) are staggering.
PSPS
(13,617 posts)4. Actually, they use the "special military operation" term for (russian) legal reasons
According to "russian law," calling something a "special military operation" exempts it from the requirement that cost and casualties have to be publicly reported.
PortTack
(32,796 posts)5. Interesting fact brought to light by a military expert today...he thinks the initial fighting force
Brought to the Ukraine border pre invasion was more like 80-95k. The west was under the impression a russian BTG/battalion tactical group was approx 800. Again one of Russias exaggerations. A Russian btg is closer to 600 not 800.