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[–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I don't like to refer to military initiatives of the USSR to be invasions. I think it cedes ground to capitalists and falsely equivocates. The correct term is liberate.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Its still an invasion by definition. What the intentions of the assaulting army are don't matter in regard to whether a military undertaking is an invasion or not.

    We can't just pick and choose good sounding names and assume that changes reality, or that by adhering to a definition that that somehow cedes ground.

    Invasion: A military offensive in which large numbers of combatants of one geopolitical entity enter territory owned by another such entity, generally with the objective of either: conquering; liberating or re-establishing control or authority over a territory, forcing the partition of a country; altering the established government or gaining concessions from said government; or a combination thereof.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I understand that. Yet most liberals will falsely equivocate regardless.

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