← Back to context Comment by stevekemp 4 days ago It's not an invasion, it is just a special military operation. 12 comments stevekemp Reply logicchains 4 days ago A Superb Military Operation, some even say it's Super, one of the best military operations they've ever seen! big-and-small 4 days ago First US need to lose 220,000+ of military personnel dead there and then you can call it that. Otherwise comparison with Russia is kind a dull. lawn 4 days ago It was called a military operation long before they lost 220,000+. aqme28 4 days ago Which is just a euphemism for a certain kind of invasion ubiquitysc 4 days ago Yes they’re referring to what Russia called invading Ukraine ModernMech 4 days ago If any other country ran what they called a “special military operation” like this in the US, we’d call it an invasion. JumpCrisscross 4 days ago > If any other country ran what they called a “special military operation” like this in the US, we’d call it an invasionIt's a reference to "the official term used by the Russian government to describe the Russian invasion of Ukraine" [1].[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_military_operation teiferer 4 days ago Don't need to go that far. Refugees coming to the U.S. is called an invasion. dragonwriter 4 days ago Heck, the US claims Venezuela has been and is conducting an invasion of the United States, based on...a whole lot less than that. tclancy 3 days ago When did we stop calling them “police actions” when side-stepping Congressional approval? madaxe_again 4 days ago I think the term is “humanitarian aid”
logicchains 4 days ago A Superb Military Operation, some even say it's Super, one of the best military operations they've ever seen!
big-and-small 4 days ago First US need to lose 220,000+ of military personnel dead there and then you can call it that. Otherwise comparison with Russia is kind a dull. lawn 4 days ago It was called a military operation long before they lost 220,000+.
aqme28 4 days ago Which is just a euphemism for a certain kind of invasion ubiquitysc 4 days ago Yes they’re referring to what Russia called invading Ukraine
ModernMech 4 days ago If any other country ran what they called a “special military operation” like this in the US, we’d call it an invasion. JumpCrisscross 4 days ago > If any other country ran what they called a “special military operation” like this in the US, we’d call it an invasionIt's a reference to "the official term used by the Russian government to describe the Russian invasion of Ukraine" [1].[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_military_operation teiferer 4 days ago Don't need to go that far. Refugees coming to the U.S. is called an invasion. dragonwriter 4 days ago Heck, the US claims Venezuela has been and is conducting an invasion of the United States, based on...a whole lot less than that.
JumpCrisscross 4 days ago > If any other country ran what they called a “special military operation” like this in the US, we’d call it an invasionIt's a reference to "the official term used by the Russian government to describe the Russian invasion of Ukraine" [1].[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_military_operation
dragonwriter 4 days ago Heck, the US claims Venezuela has been and is conducting an invasion of the United States, based on...a whole lot less than that.
tclancy 3 days ago When did we stop calling them “police actions” when side-stepping Congressional approval?
A Superb Military Operation, some even say it's Super, one of the best military operations they've ever seen!
First US need to lose 220,000+ of military personnel dead there and then you can call it that. Otherwise comparison with Russia is kind a dull.
It was called a military operation long before they lost 220,000+.
Which is just a euphemism for a certain kind of invasion
Yes they’re referring to what Russia called invading Ukraine
If any other country ran what they called a “special military operation” like this in the US, we’d call it an invasion.
> If any other country ran what they called a “special military operation” like this in the US, we’d call it an invasion
It's a reference to "the official term used by the Russian government to describe the Russian invasion of Ukraine" [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_military_operation
Don't need to go that far. Refugees coming to the U.S. is called an invasion.
Heck, the US claims Venezuela has been and is conducting an invasion of the United States, based on...a whole lot less than that.
When did we stop calling them “police actions” when side-stepping Congressional approval?
I think the term is “humanitarian aid”