General Discussions

[Thryleon]

I'm not sure the comparison is valid.

I suppose we could argue casualties in Allied forces in Afghanistan / Iraq, even though always too many, were pretty low by comparison. I don't recall swatches of Allied commanders being caught or killed, nor do I remember the Allies sending conscripts to their death by the hundreds or thousands in the early stages. If we want to use the Afghan / Iraq scenario as a comparison, in Putin's case the early rate of casualty and leadership loss seems unsustainable.

Despite the claims in some media segments, I do not specifically recall the Allies deliberately targeting operational hospitals, civilian apartment blocks or civilian train and bus transport, or flattening whole residential suburbs for no apparent good reason. Nor do I recall the Allies directly or indirectly threatening the use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, or bombing / shelling nuclear power facilities in Iraq.

I note that many of the Allied casualties in Iraq / Afghan were delivered courtesy of Putin supplied munitions.

LP its not about comparing outcomes or even circumstances.  War is bloody and merciless and you can guarantee that war crimes were committed you just never heard about them.

One of our most decorated is only on trial now.

That was also an allied war.  USA with great Britain involved against what was in essence a bunch of camel herders.