I appreciate your comments on the idea of being able to
flatten the Ukraine.
Look, some folks haven’t been in the military. They still
want to address the possibilities.
Just set them straight as you did here. Maybe give them a
bit more information besides Chechnya, even thought that
was a good example to give.
No need to dump on them. They are concerned or want to
see something done that can’t be done.
If they are posing sincere questions.
But many posters here asking superficially "innocent" questions appear instead to wish to sow doubt, discord, and defeatism.
"I'm so sorry to hear that your wife is going to be operated on again! I'm surprised that her cancer hasn't already devoured most of her internal organs! It must be agonizing! If it had been me, I would have put a bullet in my head long ago, so as not to burden the family. So, anyway, coming to the next Sunday Morning Parish Breakfast?"
Regards,
Well, that's kind of the point. These are folks either 1) rooting/hoping for Russia to "flatten" Ukraine, or 2) defending Russia as being "merciful" for not flattening Ukraine. And they're doing it by making up false facts about what Russia can actually do. Why? To elevate Russia to a much higher moral pedestal than its brutal invasion deserves.
That's the reason I dump on this making that point. When you're inventing facts to defend something this horrible, you deserve all the dumping you can get.