[Drew68]

I suspect what's happening is the poseurs are getting sorted from the real combat vets.

And unless they're veterans of the Korean War, the combat vets are learning for the first time what fighting a modern conventional army looks like.

Guys who have been in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't seen anything like this.

[NorseViking]

That is what the fleeing survivors are telling.

[pierrem15]

Guys who have been in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't seen anything like this.

But they have see a lot of intense, brief firefights and a lot of cat and mouse mutual hunting.

I suspect the latter actually comprises the bulk of the fighting as both sides are quite dispersed.

But they will never have experienced a heavy artillery bombardment, grad missile bombardment, or been on the receiving end of an armored assault.