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BeyondGeography

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17. For the we suck just as bad crowd

Sun Apr 3, 2022, 05:39 PM

Apr 2022

Not going to get into body counts and tactics (although child rape and mining civilian corpses never struck me as an American thing), but at least we were informed about the horrors of Iraq and free to protest. We also made war supporting politicians pay at the polls.

Carry on.

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Are the events of the Ukraine-Russia conflict really worse than other wars? [View all] milestogo Apr 2022 OP

Does it matter? We are seeing it. Point? nt enneacanthus Apr 2022 #1

The point is... without guessing what the OP meant... WarGamer Apr 2022 #5

Depends if you're a survivor or victim. Throck Apr 2022 #2

Think pretty much the same as most wars. Believe george war bush's Iraq invasion killed a lot more Hoyt Apr 2022 #3

yup... WarGamer Apr 2022 #10

No WarGamer Apr 2022 #4

+1. Although don't blame MSM. Viewers are the ones using that filter (hate to say it too). Hoyt Apr 2022 #6

disagree with: Celerity Apr 2022 #29

I think viewers are calling the shots, and they don't care as much about Iraq, Hoyt Apr 2022 #31

I just gave you multiple examples (& not just on telly) of media bias regarding the question at hand Celerity Apr 2022 #32

And I said those examples are media playing to their viewers' opinion that Hoyt Apr 2022 #34

The bias was there before the audience. As for Fox, they manipulate the rubes, make them worse. Celerity Apr 2022 #36

Wrong. Grew up with racists and would be trumpsters decades before FOX, etc. Hoyt Apr 2022 #38

No, not wrong, as that is not what I said. Fox manipulates pre-existing bias and makes it worse. Celerity Apr 2022 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Apr 2022 #37

Trevor nailed malaise Apr 2022 #47

+ 1000 nt Quixote1818 Apr 2022 #7

Precisely Sherman A1 Apr 2022 #15

+1 leftstreet Apr 2022 #50

All wars are horrible. Humanity will never learn its lesson. Boomerproud Apr 2022 #8

Well seeing it up this close is a pretty good teacher. milestogo Apr 2022 #23

1 death is too many, but the Bosnian war of the 1990s spooky3 Apr 2022 #9

absolutely. +1000nt WarGamer Apr 2022 #13

Agreed, to a point relayerbob Apr 2022 #19

* 1,000 malaise Apr 2022 #48

War ..... Lovie777 Apr 2022 #11

Think of Cambodia. And no one would stop Pol Pots killing fields. It took the Vietnamese ratchiweenie Apr 2022 #12

We haven't seen a war like this in decades. brooklynite Apr 2022 #14

Mostly the coverage relayerbob Apr 2022 #16

Iraq and Vietnam had plenty of war crimes. Ukraine is still terrible, even Hoyt Apr 2022 #35

For the we suck just as bad crowd BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #17

I think there are genuine differences intrepidity Apr 2022 #18

Hmmm let me think. WarGamer Apr 2022 #27

+1 leftstreet Apr 2022 #51

Hmmmm, question BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #52

Definitely an American occupation army. WarGamer Apr 2022 #54

Probably Baghdad Kaleva Apr 2022 #59

Keep clutching that straw BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #60

The object of this war is the actual annihilation of the attacked country. Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #56

I think all military organizations claim to ... Whiskeytide Apr 2022 #20

This war is far worse than any other wars. Beastly Boy Apr 2022 #21

The Russians are brutal... monsters. Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #22

No. It is media. Ask the Hutu's about that. Not the Tutsi's. JanMichael Apr 2022 #24

Nope. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2022 #25

Without looking, Can you give a rough estimate of how many were killed or displaced sarisataka Apr 2022 #26

smdh... I hear ya. WarGamer Apr 2022 #28

Depends on how true and/or widespread this is (copied from from a recent post in here) Iwasthere Apr 2022 #30

There are a lot of wars going on and some like in Yemen, both sides are using boy soldiers. marie999 Apr 2022 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Apr 2022 #39

Close to a million dead iraqis malaise Apr 2022 #40

To me, it appears Putin is very much like Saddam and ought to be examined. Kaleva Apr 2022 #43

Seems more like Bush and Cheney to me n/t malaise Apr 2022 #46

+1. Hoyt Apr 2022 #49

ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM usonian Apr 2022 #42

Great post malaise Apr 2022 #61

Thread coming? usonian Apr 2022 #62

I saw a lot of the Vietnam war coverage Meowmee Apr 2022 #44

No, the really big problem is that this is war up close. Chainfire Apr 2022 #45

In my humble opinion, ForgedCrank Apr 2022 #53

No recs, no wonder.. denbot Apr 2022 #55

Flame me if you like, but I think one of the unusual aspects of this war Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #57

I don't know if I can reply to this and not break into a million pieces. herding cats Apr 2022 #58

No two wars are created equal. SmallFry Apr 2022 #63