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AkFemDem

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2. Even the number of dead is a mystery...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Oct 17, 2023, 04:41 PM

Oct 2023

I've read 200, 500, 300, 600.... fog of war and all that, but it's especially grating when US government representatives start tweeting this stuff without bothering to do even minimal investigation into the facts.

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The truth is the first casualty of war. [View all] kentuck Oct 2023 OP

"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." Chainfire Oct 2023 #1

Even the number of dead is a mystery... AkFemDem Oct 2023 #2

Unpredictable events happen in a war. LiberaBlueDem Oct 2023 #3

If it quacks like a duck... AloeVera Oct 2023 #4