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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It's a reference to Prighozin's armored column advancing on Moscow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group_rebellion

The name derives from a rapid American advance into Baghdad in the Iraq War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(2003)

On April 5, Task Force 1–64 Armor of the US Army's 3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade, executed a raid, later called the "Thunder Run", to test remaining Iraqi defenses. The operation began south of Baghdad and went through main roads to the newly secured airport.[29] Iraqi resistance was disorganized, and the unit sustained few casualties. The unit was forced to abandon one tank due to a recoilless rifle or RPG strike in the rear that penetrated a fuel cell and set the engine on fire.[30] The crew was unharmed. Later, the Air Force bombed the tank to destroy it in place, and the Iraqi Information Ministry claimed credit for destroying it.

Two days later, the entire 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division was ordered to conduct another "Thunder Run", following the same route as before. This route had been fortified in the intervening period, and senior leaders feared much more substantial resistance than during the prior encounter. Colonel David Perkins, the brigade's commander, followed the original Thunder Run route north into Baghdad, but then veered east into the government districts instead of west towards the airport. The 2nd Brigade easily took control of what is now the "Green Zone" in one day, dramatically speeding up the end of conventional ground combat in Iraq.[31]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I read: Prigjozin's armored clown advancing on Moscow.

It's too damn hot here, gotta hydrate more I guess 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

no, turns out that was exactly that

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you. Then no, I didn't support them. I just hope Putin would pull enough troops out of Ukraine to fight them to make a difference. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.

Not surprised someone here decided we all supported Nazis just because they were fighting Putin. Some people have such a black-and-white view of the world.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s more of a rooting for them to take out Putin thing.

I really doesn’t think an offhand joke about a failed mutiny would get this deep

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe because your "offhand joke" didn't sound like a joke and you decided to speak for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Okay? I’m sorry that people took it seriously when I thought it was pretty obvious what I was going for.