← Back to context Comment by stevekemp 2 months ago It's not an invasion, it is just a special military operation. 12 comments stevekemp Reply logicchains 2 months ago A Superb Military Operation, some even say it's Super, one of the best military operations they've ever seen! big-and-small 2 months 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 2 months ago It was called a military operation long before they lost 220,000+. aqme28 2 months ago Which is just a euphemism for a certain kind of invasion ubiquitysc 2 months ago Yes they’re referring to what Russia called invading Ukraine ModernMech 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago Don't need to go that far. Refugees coming to the U.S. is called an invasion. dragonwriter 2 months 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 2 months ago When did we stop calling them “police actions” when side-stepping Congressional approval? madaxe_again 2 months ago I think the term is “humanitarian aid”
logicchains 2 months ago A Superb Military Operation, some even say it's Super, one of the best military operations they've ever seen!
big-and-small 2 months 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 2 months ago It was called a military operation long before they lost 220,000+.
aqme28 2 months ago Which is just a euphemism for a certain kind of invasion ubiquitysc 2 months ago Yes they’re referring to what Russia called invading Ukraine
ModernMech 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago Don't need to go that far. Refugees coming to the U.S. is called an invasion. dragonwriter 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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”