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Irish_Dem

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8. Yes but there is a catch.

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #7)

Sun Sep 18, 2022, 07:01 AM

Sep 2022

If you are going to give military out in the field that kind of authority, they need to understand the mission.
And they need to be well trained, sober, and motivated.

Also they should have some sense of right and wrong, so they are completing the mission, not stopping to conduct a crime spree as they go.

That may have worked for the Vikings but I don't think it is a successful strategy for the 21st century. Instead of terrorizing the Ukrainan population, it is only hardening their resolve and turning the world against Russia more with each passing day.

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Russian officers killed in Ukraine [View all] BootinUp Sep 2022 OP

When he was a young KGB operator in East Germany..... paleotn Sep 2022 #1

What's the hard number of officers killed? brush Sep 2022 #2

1160 according to this source BootinUp Sep 2022 #3

Thank you. brush Sep 2022 #4

The other fact is Russian Doctrine. Troops or lower echelon officers get a command from up top mitch96 Sep 2022 #5

This is one of the factors that led to Allied victory in WWII. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #6

It worked back then and it works today till something better comes along. mitch96 Sep 2022 #7

Yes but there is a catch. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #8