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...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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So, in the entirety of WW 2 we lost two generals to hostile fire and two more to friendly fire. But the Russians, with a fraction of the men involved and in a fraction of the time involved have lost four? Yeah, bullschit.
And that is just a bullschit story. He died with a squad trying to storm Maripul? Generals don’t do that schit.
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I love it! And the Azov put the one dead bastard right on video. Warms my ❤
I also enjoyed JoeBob's hissy fit
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I love it! And the Azov put the one dead bastard right on video. Warms my ❤
I also enjoyed JoeBob's hissy fit It’s not a hissy fit. It’s recognition of obvious bullschit.
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I also love when the guys who aren't there, tell the people who are there, what they did or didn't do.
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So, in the entirety of WW 2 we lost two generals to hostile fire and two more to friendly fire. But the Russians, with a fraction of the men involved and in a fraction of the time involved have lost four? Yeah, bullschit.
And that is just a bullschit story. He died with a squad trying to storm Maripul? Generals don’t do that schit. They do when they're leading from the front. In ww2 the Germans lost "a lot" of senior officers because they were leading from the front lines.
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So, in the entirety of WW 2 we lost two generals to hostile fire and two more to friendly fire. But the Russians, with a fraction of the men involved and in a fraction of the time involved have lost four? Yeah, bullschit.
And that is just a bullschit story. He died with a squad trying to storm Maripul? Generals don’t do that schit. Russian doctrine is to have Captains and majors lead squads. In the US - that's an E5/E6. Seriously. Russian generals do "operate" (not a SEAL Team 6 way) well below what American generals do.
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So, in the entirety of WW 2 we lost two generals to hostile fire and two more to friendly fire. But the Russians, with a fraction of the men involved and in a fraction of the time involved have lost four? Yeah, bullschit.
And that is just a bullschit story. He died with a squad trying to storm Maripul? Generals don’t do that schit. They do when they're leading from the front. In ww2 the Germans lost "a lot" of senior officers because they were leading from the front lines. Yeah…no.
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The average American E4 is given the equivalent authority and responsibility of a Russian/Slav O5 or O6. Depending on role.
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The Russians have employed a novel approach to render these snipers not only ineffective but blind.
After locating snipers,through the reflections/glare of their scopes, the Russians were shooting high power lasers into the scopes and disabling the snipers and even blinding them.
Sneaky bastards!
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Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was one US General killed in WWII. On Okinawa.
Wasn’t the other killed when his glider crash landed in Normandy?
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JoeBob must be there with boots on the ground fighting with the Russkies since he knows exactly what did and didn't happen
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I also love when the guys who aren't there, tell the people who are there, what they did or didn't do. Pot meet kettle You’re chugging that kool aid like our VP on a California state assemblyman!
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I also love when the guys who aren't there, tell the people who are there, what they did or didn't do. Pot meet kettle You’re chugging that kool aid like our VP on a California state assemblyman! I'm not there. I can't argue with the reports that I read because I'm not there. Anyone who isn't there to see what is going on and still calls BS on the reports is a fool. So you're wrong. But you're used to that
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I also love when the guys who aren't there, tell the people who are there, what they did or didn't do. Pot meet kettle You’re chugging that kool aid like our VP on a California state assemblyman! I'm not there. I can't argue with the reports that I read because I'm not there. Anyone who isn't there to see what is going on and still calls BS on the reports is a fool. So you're wrong. But you're used to that So just to be clear… you accept at face value everything the press tells you?
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Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was one US General killed in WWII. On Okinawa.
Wasn’t the other killed when his glider crash landed in Normandy? Here is the list from Wiki of U.S. general officers and flag officers killed in World War II Quite a few, some accidents, some enemy fire, some friendly fire and one guy got washed overboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._general_officers_and_flag_officers_killed_in_World_War_II
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If true about Gospodin General, I wonder of it could be he has to be near or at the front to keep his troopies moving. None of that, "Nah, sarge, I don't think so today."
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I also love when the guys who aren't there, tell the people who are there, what they did or didn't do. Pot meet kettle You’re chugging that kool aid like our VP on a California state assemblyman! I'm not there. I can't argue with the reports that I read because I'm not there. Anyone who isn't there to see what is going on and still calls BS on the reports is a fool. So you're wrong. But you're used to that So just to be clear… you accept at face value everything the press tells you? Not at all. But I also can't mount an argument against it unless someone else who has eyes on the situation mounts a credible argument
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Not at all. But I also can't mount an argument against it unless someone else who has eyes on the situation mounts a credible argument
How many jabs you had?
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