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> Did it? Yes. 600,000+ Russian soldiers dead or wounded: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/us/politics/russia-casualties-ukraine-war.html https://www.nytime

> Did it? Yes. 600,000+ Russian soldiers dead or wounded: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/us/politics/russia-casualties-ukraine-war.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/us/politics/russia-casual... A generation of Russian men wiped out in a pointless, needless war of choice waged for one man's vanity. The war can end tomorrow. All Russia needs to do is get out of Ukraine. All of it. Simple to do, easy to achieve. No more Russians need to die.

protomolecule 2y ago
It's not smart to take at face value what a country says about its enemy's losses.
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    In every war each side hides or downplays its own losses and exaggerates the losses of the enemy. Samuel Johnson in 1758: 'Among the calamities of war may be jointly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages.'[0] [0] https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-21510,00.html https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-21...
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        dang 2y ago
        You both broke the site guidelines here. Please don't use HN for this sort of flamewar. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
        peutetre 2y ago
        There is no flamewar. It's no insult to call a nihilist a nihilist. They don't care. They're nihilists.
        dang 2y ago
        Nationalistic flamewar will get you banned here, regardless of which nation you're for or against, so please stop posting like this.
        peutetre 2y ago
        There is no nationalism from me. You've got this one very wrong, dang. This is poor judgement and unimpressive.

protomolecule 2y ago

It's not smart to take at face value what a country says about its enemy's losses.

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  In every war each side hides or downplays its own losses and exaggerates the losses of the enemy. Samuel Johnson in 1758: 'Among the calamities of war may be jointly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages.'[0] [0] https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-21510,00.html https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-21...
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        dang 2y ago
        You both broke the site guidelines here. Please don't use HN for this sort of flamewar. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
        peutetre 2y ago
        There is no flamewar. It's no insult to call a nihilist a nihilist. They don't care. They're nihilists.
        dang 2y ago
        Nationalistic flamewar will get you banned here, regardless of which nation you're for or against, so please stop posting like this.
        peutetre 2y ago
        There is no nationalism from me. You've got this one very wrong, dang. This is poor judgement and unimpressive.