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I think that China could do absolutely untold damage to the American psyche and illusion of invulnerability if it simply instantly obliterated these clowns on Taiwan from hundreds of kilometers away with a cloud of drones dense enough to block out the sun. America treats the navy seals like they are all Master Chief, when in reality they are just guys who can carry a log and swim for a long time or some shit. Maybe that matters when you’re like… raiding a compound of a guy who has been on the run for decades while he’s asleep with Neon Genesis Evangelion playing on the TV, but genuinely what are these guys going to do to actually fight back against China? China will never even let them see a single PLA soldier lmao.

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[–] REgon@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Remember when all those ex-spec ops idiots volunteered for Ukraine and then either got got or fled home whining about "russian war doctrine" (being able to contest air superiority)
Laughed my ass off about that canadian sniper who died a few days after arriving. Yeah dude you shoot brown kids and think you're a badass, fuck you

[–] egg1918@hexbear.net 60 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

My fav was a western Nazi who tried to stop a couple of Ukrainian conscripts from retreating so they just shot him and kept going.

Once again the Russian blocking units are entirely projection.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Blocking units were real, but didn't shoot people. They were partially a mobile reserve of veterans to shore up the front line if it was weakened, partially for grabbing lost or deserting troops and pointing them to collection areas that would figure out who they were and get them back to their unit, and partially guarding important stuff from any nazies that managed to get through the lines to do recon or sabotage.

[–] egg1918@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

Yeah westerners will twist absolutely anything the USSR did. They were effectively just reserve units to plug holes, and somehow that turned into machine guns mowing down their own Asiatic hordes.

[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 50 points 2 months ago (1 children)

NATO occupiers being on the receiving end of aerial superiority will never stop being funny

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 47 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Then going home to go on a podcast to talk about how "their expertise better suits the war in an advisory position"

Reddit brigade was peak comedy

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 42 points 2 months ago (3 children)

When that one dude posted on Reddit with location data and got his whole barracks blown up che-smile

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago

The war equivalent of robbing a bank and leading the police on a chase straight to your own front door

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

They had a whole subreddit dedicated to posting their locations!

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The Russian military guy they must have had watching the sub was surely laughing his ass off as he forwarded those coordinates peltier-laugh

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Russia isn’t playing fair because it isn’t letting me win

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Throwback to the dumbass lemmitor who insisted Ukraine had superior training, it just "wasn't suited to fighting against the russian military doctrine". The logic was completely circular.
That was my top voted post on my previous account, early federation was a blast.

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

wojak-nooo "You don't understand! My training in computer science is superior to your training in weightlifting!"

ppb-gigachad "Maybe, but this is a weightlifting competition."