re: CBS: U.S. estimates Russian losses to be 5,000-6,000 KIA and 15,000-18,000 WIA in Ukraine

Anything we say is designed to demoralize the Russians and prop up the Ukrainians.


As a friend noted, none of the videos or photos show high intensity combat. And force concentrations are very low.

I don’t believe those figures.

Since I’m assuming they’re using the rule of 3s

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1600-2000 KIA 5000-6000 WIA

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I've heard enough stories from US servicemen who were in Iraq saying the Russians were doing some goofy-arse things and undisciplined.

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And you believe those numbers.

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I didn't say I believed them. But I do hope that they are accurate.

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I’m not rooting for Russia but ignoring that Ukraine is a corrupt money laundering country for our corrupt politicians is kinda hard to do.

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Two things can be true at the same time:

1) Ukraine can be a corrupt nation

and

2) Russia violated the 1994 Memorandum of Security Assurances that they themselves signed which assured Ukraine of its sovereignty and security if they gave up their nukes

It's very good number but I think higher.

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Anything we say is designed to demoralize the Russians and prop up the Ukrainians.

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This is absolutely true.

The propaganda and misinformation is being pumped out by both sides and at a staggering pace. All I know for sure is people are dying and Ukraine is slowly but surely losing territory.

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3) Our nation’s wholly corrupted national security apparatus funded bioweapons lab — er “biological research facilities” — in the Ukraine

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Ukrainian propaganda, no. Russian propaganda, YES!

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How long did the US soften up the Iraqi forces and infrastructure prior to launching the ground campaign?

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Not that long actually. Back during the Gulf War in 1991, we spent 42 consecutive days and nights softening up Iraqi air and ground defenses before ground forces began entering Iraq/Kuwait.

In 2003, we invaded on the same day hostilities began (March 20).

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How many years of sanctions and arms embargoes did Ukraine suffer from prior to the unlawful invasion by Russia?

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Well, they had to give up their nuclear arsenal in 1994, lost the Crimean Peninsula to a Russian invasion in 2014, and had been dealing with a Russian-backed insurgency in the eastern provinces since about 2015 or so.

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They are not apples to apples comparisons.

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You're right. Our military commanders showed a certain degree of competence when they planned out the invasion of Iraq in 2003. If Operation Iraqi Freedom was Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Last Supper," this Russian incursion into Ukraine is more akin to a finger painting by comparison.

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Our nation’s wholly corrupted national security apparatus funded bioweapons lab — er “biological research facilities” — in the Ukraine.

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Okay. And...?