• happybadger [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      Even then it's so fundamentally absurd. The last time the enemy of a NATO power had a functioning plane was Vietnam and they're trying to explain how to fight against an enemy that more or less has air superiority. The only countries that should be advising them are Iraq and Afghanistan, and even then those militias seem quaint in the new era of small drones. What is a western veteran of those wars going to explain to them other than how to find the Burger King on base?

      • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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        10 months ago

        I think that's exactly what is going to happen. We keep seeing articles like this always phrasing it as the "ungrateful Ukrainians dismissing superior NATO tactics" rather than admitting they have no clue what they're doing. Losing this war will be blamed 100% on Ukraine, they won't ever admit that their tactics were involved in the loss.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
          hexagon
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          10 months ago

          I expect so as well, the impetus will be to spin this as all being the fault of Ukraine and to deflect blame from NATO, which means no actual lessons will be learned from any of this.

        • D61 [any]
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          edit-2
          10 months ago

          Ukrainians when the calipers are used on the Russians pigmask-off

          Ukrainians when the calipers are turned back on themselves pigmask