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Elwood P Dowd

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9. Yep, with the exception of a few countries and a few million Trump voters, most of planet earth

Reply to lame54 (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 1, 2022, 03:29 PM

Mar 2022

wants Putin and his military destroyed. Plus, he is destroying his country's economy and uniting NATO in the process.

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Is this the biggest military blunder since Hitler's Operation Barbarossa? [View all] Elwood P Dowd Mar 2022 OP

That's the problem. COL Mustard Mar 2022 #1

... lame54 Mar 2022 #5

This seriously sounds like something from The Move. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 #17

Agree! PortTack Mar 2022 #2

A week ago Putin was the most feared man in the world... lame54 Mar 2022 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Mar 2022 #7

Yep, with the exception of a few countries and a few million Trump voters, most of planet earth Elwood P Dowd Mar 2022 #9

Well, he's still feared, but mostly because Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #18

+1, his whore in America still fears him though. He's been kinda quite lately about his pimp uponit7771 Mar 2022 #28

Huge mistake. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #4

It was doomed from the start SoonerPride Mar 2022 #6

It's a pretty massive blunder, that's for sure. Happy Hoosier Mar 2022 #8

This action is not even a week old. former9thward Mar 2022 #10

In my book, he is a military laughing stock. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #11

The West wanted to support Russia after the fall of the USSR and gave them samsingh Mar 2022 #15

We learned from WWI, that if you severely humiliate and punish an enemy Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #22

We "learned" only through dumb luck... regnaD kciN Mar 2022 #34

That may have been part of it. But the Marshall Plan was very successful, a well thought out plan. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #37

Barbarossa involved 7 million soldiers moving across thousands of miles. WarGamer Mar 2022 #12

Kuwait, 1990 was a huge blunder too Polybius Mar 2022 #13

The US ambassador April Glaspie to Iraq, told Saddam, marie999 Mar 2022 #30

It wouldn't have been a blunder if the U.S. had stayed out.... regnaD kciN Mar 2022 #35

Wish we would have Polybius Mar 2022 #44

Could the US have somehow sabotaged Putin's military plan? Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #14

There's a Russian propaganda video that was supposed to air 2 days after the attack began claiming uponit7771 Mar 2022 #26

It is a total cluster F from a military standpoint. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #32

+1, RA is ate up while the UA is operating on all cylinders attacking naked RA support troops. uponit7771 Mar 2022 #36

Zelensky is a genius. He is winning a war using WORDS. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #39

Well, we are certainly feeding intel to the Ukrainians drray23 Mar 2022 #38

Yes I am beginning to think there was more covert work going on Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #40

I believe it's a horrible mistake. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #16

+1, the eastern fight in 14 took 2 days for RU forces to win because 98% of UKR equipment failed uponit7771 Mar 2022 #27

Ask me in a year sarisataka Mar 2022 #19

Operation Barbarossa was 5 months long, we got a ways to go, it's going to be a grinding war Shanti Shanti Shanti Mar 2022 #20

It does seem pretty bad. temporary311 Mar 2022 #21

Barbarossa was VERY successful at first before Hitler split up forces to go after symbolic crap like uponit7771 Mar 2022 #23

I hope not JustAnotherGen Mar 2022 #24

Putin is a ruthless and cruel killer. It's only a blunder to him if it Hortensis Mar 2022 #25

I don't know, western nations can make it ultimately FEEL like a blunder for the Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #31

Yes, but unhappy Russians'd only matter if they stopped Putin, Hortensis Mar 2022 #42

I'm not sure that is a very good comparison. Disaffected Mar 2022 #29

No but it is a blunder. Putin has revealed that Russia is no yellowcanine Mar 2022 #33

hitleer launched barbarossa 7 weeks too late near the end of June instead of early May msongs Mar 2022 #41

Plus, in 1942 he fucked up and sent some of his armies to Stalingrad, another colossal blunder. Elwood P Dowd Mar 2022 #43