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[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Take it for granted that this is Russian propaganda and take the numbers with a grain of salt. We will likely never know the real numbers.

[–]ActuallyNot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Casualty reports are a powerful propaganda tool. Both sides will be lying like they're Richard Nixon in bed.

The US spends a lot of money on intelligence. They've said that the loss of lives to each side is comparable. I reckon that's likely to be about right.

[–]Oyveygoyim 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Lol yeah, cause it's not like the USA intelligence has ever lied before...

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If they have an interest in misleading people, they certainly will.

[–]Oyveygoyim 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That seems to be their only interest lately

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sometimes it's just obvious.

The Iraq WMD stands out as an example of absolute bullshit that was counter to what weapons inspectors were saying at the time.

"Oops" was a completely implausible explanation for the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade:

"Our maps were out of date".

"How do you limit civilian casualties when hitting military targets in a city?"

"Our maps are live"

AFAIKT lately they've been okay though.