Russia is happy US made the same mistake as them.
this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2026
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"Mistake"
Russia's operative in office was given explicit instructions to start this war.
Yes, and now both countries started a war they expected to easily win and now looks like they made the same mistake. There are an endless amount of differences between these two wars but it not going as easy as hoped is one very clear similarity.
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Funny, even mentioning Ukraine in a post title starts a tankie fest. Fellas working overtime, I see
Seriously. It's like someone spilled tankie chum on the carpet, or something.
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Being a lib with no political theory must be so confusing reading the news these days
It seems like Russia has actually gained from its invasion of Ukraine while the US stands to lose (some of) its military bases and influence in gulf states. So I don’t see the necessity for irony.
What has Russia gained from the Ukraine invasion? Genuinely asking.
A horrendous number of dead working age men?
Come on, i was trying to bait them into saying something outrageously stupid, now they wont reply. :(
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Nothing ironic here; Russia planned for the consequences of their war while we thought we'd just roll the Iranians, just like we thought we'd roll the houthis.
What war? They're having a jaunty lil weekend in Ukraine. Three days, in and out, Morty.
You call that planning? You should be SecDef.
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Is no one considering that Russia has a uniquely qualified perspective when it comes to failure? Game recognize game...
Pots and kettles...
Russia also mocked the EU for not joining this war and not helping the USA.
I don't get it, is Iran their ally or not? Why would they want Europe to attack Iran? Oh right, they need a distraction from Ukraine and they don't give a fuck about a single ally.
I guess the new allies are Russia and the USA.
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Misery loves company.
irans war greatly benefited RUSSia, IN THAT THEY CAN recover the money they lost on the ukraine invasion since the oil prices are so high right now.
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Russia is honestly the last nation that should talk about anything with regards to this. They have had numerous high profile military failures in Ukraine (a country they promised never to invade beforehand), are stuck in WW1 with drones and an almost frozen frontline for over 4 years now, and suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties and tens of thousands of losses of high value equipment. A bombing campaign in Iran and subsequent Iranian retaliation (for now) pales in comparison to that, though the situation could always escalate in Iran.
If Russia could carry out a bombing campaign in Ukraine like the US and Israel are doing in Iran, they absolutely would. If Russia could do anything materially to hinder the US and Israeli bombing campaign in Iran such as supplying air defence systems to Iran, it would. It's a question of capability, not of will.
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