The "we'll be welcomed as liberators" thing isn't just propaganda but also ideology: i.e. many of the people who say it also believe it. Bush thought Iraqis would be grateful & was hurt when they weren't. Putin & Russian army have comparable delusionhttps://twitter.com/lionel_trolling/status/1500125440966598660 …
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Some obvious flaws among many with this faulty analogy the Russians first made for whataboutism purposes as someone who is no champion of either wars: 1. Kurds did welcome the Americans 2. Saddam was a brutal dictator, Zelensky is not 3. Insurgency is where comparison is salient
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Replying to @amandarivkin
Bush wasn't invading Iraqi Kurdistan (which was already under USA protection) but parts of the country that, while having no love for Saddam, were decidedly cool to occupation. It isn't just Russians who make this analogy & whataboutism just means context & history.
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