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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Mon May 16, 2022, 10:37 PM May 2022

Who knew? Apparently, "special military operation" is just Russian for

"clusterfuck"!

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Who knew? Apparently, "special military operation" is just Russian for (Original Post) Atticus May 2022 OP

predicted lapfog_1 May 2022 #1

Anyone remember "Quackmire"...? regnaD kciN May 2022 #2

No kidding. underpants May 2022 #3

Actually, they use the "special military operation" term for (russian) legal reasons PSPS May 2022 #4

Interesting fact brought to light by a military expert today...he thinks the initial fighting force PortTack May 2022 #5

lapfog_1

(29,215 posts)

1. predicted

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Mon May 16, 2022, 10:38 PM

May 2022

regnaD kciN

(26,045 posts)

2. Anyone remember "Quackmire"...?

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Mon May 16, 2022, 10:47 PM

May 2022

It was a meme here in the early 2000s – photos of Dubya and his Iraq War cronies, with the AFLAC duck photoshopped in.

underpants

(182,848 posts)

3. No kidding.

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2022, 12:53 AM

May 2022

Geez, where to start?
They’ve 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

(13,606 posts)

4. Actually, they use the "special military operation" term for (russian) legal reasons

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Tue May 17, 2022, 01:01 AM

May 2022

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

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5. Interesting fact brought to light by a military expert today...he thinks the initial fighting force

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2022, 01:12 AM

May 2022

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 Russia’s exaggerations. A Russian btg is closer to 600…not 800.

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