In 2003 the US, UK, Australia, Spain and Poland, invaded Iraq.
The reason given was security concerns around Weapons of Mass Destruction. There were no weapons of mass destruction.
US officials also said that Iraq supported ISIS which had bombed the US on 9/11. This was untrue and completely contrary to ISIS and Iraq inclinations
The coalition soldiers were told they would be welcomed as liberators. The Iraqi people saw them as invaders and fought against them.
The US invasion tactic was labelled Shock and Awe was described by its authors as 'a doctrine of rapid dominance requires the capability to disrupt "means of communication, transportation, food production, water supply, and other aspects of infrastructure", and, in practice, "the appropriate balance of Shock and Awe must cause ... the threat and fear of action that may shut down all or part of the adversary's society or render his ability to fight useless short of complete physical destruction." Ullman and Wade Shock and Awe Chapter 5
In 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine. The reason given was security concerns around NATO expansion. Russias security concerns around the expansion are real if overblown.
Russia has also claimed that the Ukraine government was a NAZI movement. This is untrue, though the influence of The Azov Battalion and The Right Sector is real.
Russian soldiers were told they would be welcomed as liberators. The Ukranian people saw them as invaders and fought against them.
The Russian invasion plan has many similarities with Shock and Awe, although its implementation appears so far to be less effective.
The reason given was security concerns around Weapons of Mass Destruction. There were no weapons of mass destruction.
US officials also said that Iraq supported ISIS which had bombed the US on 9/11. This was untrue and completely contrary to ISIS and Iraq inclinations
The coalition soldiers were told they would be welcomed as liberators. The Iraqi people saw them as invaders and fought against them.
The US invasion tactic was labelled Shock and Awe was described by its authors as 'a doctrine of rapid dominance requires the capability to disrupt "means of communication, transportation, food production, water supply, and other aspects of infrastructure", and, in practice, "the appropriate balance of Shock and Awe must cause ... the threat and fear of action that may shut down all or part of the adversary's society or render his ability to fight useless short of complete physical destruction." Ullman and Wade Shock and Awe Chapter 5
In 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine. The reason given was security concerns around NATO expansion. Russias security concerns around the expansion are real if overblown.
Russia has also claimed that the Ukraine government was a NAZI movement. This is untrue, though the influence of The Azov Battalion and The Right Sector is real.
Russian soldiers were told they would be welcomed as liberators. The Ukranian people saw them as invaders and fought against them.
The Russian invasion plan has many similarities with Shock and Awe, although its implementation appears so far to be less effective.