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>50 people killed is not a "bloodless" operation. Lets not minimize.
by hamdingers 10mo ago
>50 people killed is not a "bloodless" operation. Lets not minimize.
- terminalshort 10mo agoIn terms of war that's basically nothing
- hamdingers 10mo agoWords have meanings and the operation was not bloodless.
- notahacker 10mo agoWords have meanings and the word relatively present in the original sentence clearly indicates that it was a comparison with the many orders of magnitude more casualties that would be expected from a full scale invasion. Particularly when the consideration was whether the mission panned out as the US intended, and their priority is bringing their own troops home (which they apparently managed with only a few injuries), not sparing Venezuelans unfortunate enough to be at the other end of their weapons.