Onion articles are writing itself: Western Military Observers shocked that Russians are not commiting war crimes like they did in Iraq and Afghanistan. - When we were in Middle East, we started to wreck shit up, shelling with depleted uranium, bombing villages. I'm suprised that Russian are such weak bitches - retired col. said. - My men have PTSD and are homeless but at least we protected special interests of Oil Companies and the ruling class.

  • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    As someone else pointed out elsewhere, the actual combat portion of the Gulf War called 'Operation Desert Storm', which was a war known mostly for how vicious and fast it was, took 42 days.

    That was with all of NATO ganging up on one nation with a comparatively under-equipped military, and NATO didn't exactly care about civilian casualties (Highway of Death? Never heard of her). From what I've heard about this, Russia is mostly refraining from artillery, and is advancing with older equipment and gear