… the list goes on and on
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This one is already a talking point in the reactionary comment-o-sphere, lots of people going on about how the US army is “woke” now and wouldn’t be able to stand up to Russia or China.
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Count the fingers… I’m seeing 12?
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People who think that precisely choreographed parade drill is evidence of combat effectiveness.
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Having 12 fingers would be one of the more normal things about the Trumps.
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IIRC, Russian propaganda said the Ukrainian army lacked Russian manly manliness and therefore would be easily defeated. This propaganda went suddenly quiet around a week after the start of the invasion. Turns out there’s more to an army’s effectiveness than chest-beating. Who knew?
ETA: Note that Supremacy of the Military and Rampant Sexism are points 4 and 5 in Lawrence Britt’s 14 Characteristics of Fascism.
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The Russian army’s most manly macho men, the VDV, suffered heavy losses early in the war, partly because their commanders believed in their badass mythology.
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Makes it easier to pick the pockets of their marks.
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One would think the ongoing debacle in Ukraine would have thoroughly destroyed the myth of just how invincible Putin’s macho-man military is.
Heck, the Russian army wasn’t even able to stand up to the Russians.
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Apparently that’s all lies and propaganda. And please no follow-up questions about why the war isn’t over yet.
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Yeah, the trollies who insist that virile Chinese and Russian soldiers will kick the West in the pronouns also insist that the Ukrainian army is collapsing and Zelensky is a drug-addled thief.
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Not only is the Ukrainian army about to collapse in the face of the unstoppable Russians, but it’s so terrible it’s been about to collapse for a whole 16 months.
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That must’ve been one hell of a meeting.
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Why am I reminded of the (U.S.) Revolutionary War and the fact that the more disciplined Brits marching into battle in formation in red coats turned out to be a very bad military tactic?
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Oh, crikey, at 0.47, third row back, fourth from the left, that’s my cousin Marjorie.
She told everyone she was off to New Zealand.
Flippin’ liar. Just wait 'til I tell her Mum.
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Finally! Tell Marjorie I want my $47 dollars back. But she can keep the leather jacket. She earned it.
She knows what she did that time at band camp…
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That’s why the Ohio State Marching Band is whispered about in hushed voices across the world for the terror they inspire.
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Withdrawn, I basically repeated Mortaketheundea’s joke
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