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Cake day: October 21st, 2023

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  • People here get really uppity when you point out that Ukraine’s enemy lossss and casualty reports are likely inflated, because that’s what all militaries do in all conflicts. It doesn’t even always have to do with wartime propaganda, but because it’s hard to accurately tally enemy losses during active conflict.

    Anyways, when you point that out the usual responses to point out the patently ridiculous reports on Ukrainian losses that the Russian MoD puts out, as if somehow that means Ukraine’s are accurate.

    The best I can say is that Ukrainian reports are almost certainly exponentially closer to reality than Russia’s comically absurd and fantastical figures.

    I will finish it up by saying that there are good independent sources who open source intelligence to track verified losses, and air on the conservative side.

    That of course means their loss reports aren’t accurate either, but they provide a good figures to be used as a floor for any estimate ranges.


  • Casualties are not the same as KIA, and not all WIA are permanently combat ineffective.

    Someone who got shrapnel in the leg or abdomen and requires 6-8 weeks of recovery, before returning to combat, is a single casualty.

    That same soldier can return to combat, catch a bullet in their arm, and be a casualty again.

    That same soldier can return to service three months later, etc.

    If after returning to service a 3rd time, they’re eventually KIA, then they would have been counted as a casualty three times.

    Not saying this is typical, or that this is indicative of the normal WIA casualty. Just pointing out that a single soldier can be counted as a casualty more than once, and it’s not uncommon.


  • So I won’t use the Iraq war as a marker of morality…

    In other words, you’ve nullified the murder of 1 million innocent people by Bush, in order to rationalize why Trump is worse.

    But please, write another five paragraphs justifying why those deaths shouldn’t count here. I’m sure eventually you’ll figure out the right semantic argument that almost passes muster for someone of slightly below average intelligence.

    I’d actually respect you more if you just said that you care about the danger Trump poses to American democracy more than a million dead Arabs. At least you’d finally be open and honest about the political and moral views you clearly hold.


  • That’s a lot of words to basically justify why the extermination of one million people isn’t that bad relative to myriad of shitfuckery Trump did.

    Oh, and Incase you forgot, Bush did actually succeed at stealing an election. So…there’s that.

    1 stolen election + 1 million dead arabs < Stormy Daniels and a failed attempt at stealing an election.

    Your politics and sense of humanity have to be so so broken and destroyed by social media consumption to even entertain that idea, but you’re full on tripling down on it.

    Damn. I hope you touch grass and see the light someday.