Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Russian warbloggers have reacted with derision and embarassment to claims by FSB special forces veterans that they could have done better than the US Delta Force. The US successfully captured Maduro, they complain, while Russia only managed to abduct a raccoon from Kherson. ⬇️

2/ Two former FSB Alpha Group operators made some eye-catching claims in the Russian news outlet Daily Storm that they could have done far better than the US, but were only holding back for political and legal reasons.

https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/2008090692996706745

3/ This has attracted some scepticism from Russian warbloggers, to put it mildly. Alexander Kartavykh says he "died of cringe" on reading it.

"The Americans stole Maduro, but we stole a raccoon from Kherson. You have to be able to enjoy the little things.

4/ "And take notes, it will be on the exam. Because if you start the next Special Military Operation without removing the military-political leadership and with friendly people's dreams in your heads, then you're fucking idiots and your descendants will curse you.

5/ "And this... well, it happened. No one really knew this was possible, not even the Americans themselves.

But now everyone knows. And there are no more excuses. And people mostly express concern about the future, rather than blaming the past.

6/ "And you, broadcasting from every radio what fools the Americans are and why this shouldn't have been done, are causing concern that you have understood nothing. And next time, we'll once again prioritise the international "left, right, asshole, carry out your combat mission."

7/ "And thousands of guys will die so that aging degenerates can look good in who knows whose eyes. Those are the fears. That you're unteachable. And the anti-crisis, accordingly, should be that "the lesson has been learned." Not that "Alpha veterans said the Yankees are losers."

8/ 'Two Majors' says that the raccoon wasn't such a bad prize. "We liked the raccoon more than Maduro."

9/ 'The Ghost of Novorossiya' complains that one "could open such a PTSD Pandora's box that it won't be possible to plug it if you start dissecting every element from a projection dating back to at least 2014. Dissecting it not emotionally, but systemically and mercilessly."

10/ "Yes, the only point is that all the opportunities have already been missed. Amat victoria curam. Victory loves preparation – that's all I have to say.

11/ "In the meantime, excuse me, we have to work: we still need to assemble the word "VICTORY" from the letters O, A, P, Zh. There aren't enough letters, but we'll try. Because who else will?"

12/ 'RostislavDDD' blames the Daily Storm for publishing such a ridiculous story: "I won't speculate whether the Daily Storm editors really found a couple of aging party-political appointees, capable in their prime of stealing grandma's underwear from a clothesline,…

13/ …but now trying to monetise their useless service through a reputable organization; or whether they received a dark note and fabricated this "interview" out of thin air. It's simply a cheap and stupid lie...

14/ "Get used to the idea that Delta Force landed in the government residence, supported by manned and unmanned aircraft, destroyed the facility's security, and dragged the Maduro couple out from under their bed by the scruff of the neck.

15/ "Incidentally, the Venezuelan Defence Minister has already stated this. Most of El Presidente's personal guards were killed in action."

16/ Svyatoslav Golikov is just embarassed by the whole thing:

"I'm in a state of Spanish shame and deep thought. I don't want to comment on anything."

17/ 'leib-hussar' despairs of Russia ever being able to learn lessons from the US operation in Venezuela:

"What conclusions will be drawn from what happened? In accordance with tradition, NONE."

18/ "We want to dance on a rake, and we will do so even if we lose our eyes, our balls, and our mug turns into an ass! Because that's what we want!"

19/ 'Older than Edda' argues that to "say now that the entire operation in Caracas is bullshit and we can do much better, simply because we haven't yet been given the orders — that's on the one hand a tacky patriotism with a vengeance, and on the other,…

20/ …a slander against our highest military-political leadership."

He comments that "We have many excellent specialists, but when conducting an operation of this scale, the most important things are intelligence, training, and cooperation,…

21/ …not the personal skills of an individual special forces soldier."

'Combat Reserve' points out that Russia has never accomplished an operation of this sort: "It's nonsense, of course, when someone talks about things they've never done."

22/ "In the entire history of the Russian Federation's special forces, not a single head of state has ever been captured. Not a single country has been neutralised using the airport-headquarters-delivery-to-Moscow scheme." /end

Sources:
🔹 t.me/AlexCarrier/14…
🔹 t.me/ghost_of_novor…
🔹 t.me/dva_majors/861…
🔹 t.me/philologist_zo…
🔹 t.me/leib_hussar/19…
🔹 t.me/vysokygovorit/…
🔹 t.me/rodinarussia27…