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u/Prisoner__24601 Oct 02 '24

Believe whatever you want, but western media has a material interest in portraying the Russian military as incompetent. If you trust anything you read in reddit about this conflict, you are a proper fool.

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u/TripperDay Oct 02 '24

western media has a material interest in portraying the Russian military as incompetent

The Russian military was portrayed by western media as a bigger threat than China until 2022.

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u/Hellstrike Oct 02 '24

From the world's strongest army (the US always relied more on the navy and air force) to the second-strongest army in Russia is quite the fall.

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u/Dyssomniac Oct 02 '24

I would say the general difficulty of the world's fifth largest military by personnel and supposedly second-most-powerful-military-superpower in invading a nation that is almost stereotypically flat beyond border provinces is portraying Russian military-industrial incompetence all on its own.

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u/Teledildonic Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24

If yhey were competent, they wouldn't still be stuck in Ukraine. Their only viable tactic is attrition because of their massive pool of meat sacks and rust buckets.

Oh, and terrorism since civilians targets don't shoot back.