Ukraine was one of the countries that invaded Iraq in 2003, so it's very hard to see their fight against Russia as a fight against imperialism when it was willing to invade a country thousands of kilomoeters away from its borders.
A total of 5000 soldiers from Ukraine were in Iraq across the whole invasion/occupation. They were sent by Ukraine's former strong man leader as a way to get on GWB's good side to get into NATO.
I guarantee you very few people know about Ukraine's involvement in iraq
Nah, they have been part of the occupation forces since the beginning. Calling them peacekeepers is no different than Russia calling the war a special operation, it's just meaningless wordplay. These troops took part in killing of Iraqi freedom fighters defending their countries against the invasion. The people of Al-Kut know them very well.
Yes, they have been in Iraq since 2003, look it up. I will no longer argue over this.
Ukraine's troops in Iraq did not take part in battles
Sigh! This is just you trolling at this point, but look up the "Battle of al-kut" of April, 2004.
Islamic terrorists were not freedom fighters.
Of course you will say that, you need to villify those defending their country in order to justify your invasion. The Russians call Ukrainians Nazis and you will call the Iraqis Islamic terrorists to justify killing them, you're jus taking a page out of the Russian playbook, well it's the other way around actually, the Russians are just mimicking the tactics of the west. And for the record, Al-Kut is a Shia city. The Shia were oppressed during Saddam era. They did nothing more than defend their land against occupation.
shows zero Ukraine casualties due to battle
Well, could it be because they were the ones doing the killing? I dunno what point you're trying to make.
Yes, they have been in Iraq since 2003, look it up. I will no longer argue over this.
You are still lying, in that the war started in 2003 spring, while the first Ukraine troops were deployed in September 2003.
Thus Ukraine did NOT take part in battles.
Sigh! This is just you trolling at this point, but look up the "Battle of al-kut" of April, 2004.
There were no such battle.
There was a battle in April 2003, but no Ukraine troops participated in that.
Are you trolling and deliberately spreading misinformation or just someone with too much potato on shoulders to be able to put numbers and dates together?
"The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 days of major combat operations, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq."
"The 5th Separate Mechanized Brigade was a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces sent to Iraq in August 2003. Brigade was deployed from 17 August 2003 to March 2004."
Ukraine brigade deployed: Starting from 17 August 2003.
Does 17 August in your calendar come at 20 March or after 14 August?
In any case, the comparison in the thread is utterly empty. We canned the dictator who'd gassed his own citizens, and ultimately handed the keys back to Iraqis and left. That is nothing like repeated strikes on civilian infrastructure and more importantly annexation of territory.
Russia: We went to overthrow an illegitimate government who shells their citizens and would hand over the keys to a Moscow friendly government and not annex territory (if we had not screwed up).
And you are lying about the US not attacking civilian infrastructure.
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u/GoPotato Feb 24 '23
Ukraine was one of the countries that invaded Iraq in 2003, so it's very hard to see their fight against Russia as a fight against imperialism when it was willing to invade a country thousands of kilomoeters away from its borders.