Posted on 04/10/2022 1:17:53 PM PDT by McGruff
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reported appointment of a new general known as the "Butcher of Syria" to oversee the invasion of Ukraine is a choice that shows the Biden administration exactly what to expect as Moscow’s bloody aggression continues, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday.
Gen. Alexander Dvornikov, commander of Russia’s southern military district (SMD), was reported to be Putin’s pick as the new commander to lead operations in Ukraine. U.S. officials have said the 60-year-old general has a record of brutality against civilians in Syria and other theaters of war.
Dvornikov gained prominence as head of Russian forces that Moscow deployed to Syria in 2015 to shore up President Bashar Assad’s regime amid the country's devastating civil war.
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The all-knowing USA who spent how many years in Afghanistan?
;>)
I remember that war - the one where Obama and McCain sided with Al Qaeda in Syria, and ultimately unleashed the greatest refugee flow in Europe since WWII.
Good times.
“Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reported appointment of a new general known as the “Butcher of Syria”
The State Dept gave him that moniker Friday evening.
He’s been known as such ever since lol
Looks like Ukes get something new to shoot at
How many dead Russian generals is that ??
What are they going to do about it?
Jack. Just like they did when they knew the invasion was coming.
#5. A better name that that of “Frau Blucker”!
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