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MineralMan

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2. Yes, a huge, huge number.

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:57 PM

Mar 2022

We lost roughly 50,000 people during the entire Vietnam war. That lasted 10 years.

What it indicates is that the Russians were poorly prepared and equipped for their invasion. Their intelligence about the Ukrainian military and its citizens was very, very faulty. What they thought would take a few days is mired in the mud now. It's not going to get better for the Russians, either. They're going to have a very tough time supplying their military in Ukraine, to boot.

Big mistake!

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Boy! That a "huge" number? [View all] imanamerican63 Mar 2022 OP

Huge number given the time involved and how strong their force was supposed to be. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2022 #1

About equal to our first EIGHT YEARS in Viet Nam. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #3

Yes, a huge, huge number. MineralMan Mar 2022 #2

You've confused fatalities with casualties dpibel Mar 2022 #4

OK, you're right. MineralMan Mar 2022 #7

I'd like to believe it but it seems kind of high. Only the Russians Tomconroy Mar 2022 #5

Yeah. My impression exactly. Claustrum Mar 2022 #6

Russia has always been a bit cavalier about casualties, even their own... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #8

The numbers seem consistent with precedent Torchlight Mar 2022 #9

I was never in the military, but Markos Moulitsas was gratuitous Mar 2022 #10