Part of me just can't help put this in the frame-of-reference of the Iraq War.
I'm forced to imagine a bunch of terminally online war geeks clapping and cheering every time the Pentagon announced another big operation in Haditha or a re-occupation of Fallujah.
Trying to square that with the absolute horror of a war sent my head spinning then. And not much has changed since.
So you're not a big fan of countries invading other countries? Well you're in luck, this is all about a country that's been invaded fighting off those invaders and reclaiming their land and people.
How could the bridge have been hit? It's perfectly fine, all the explosives must've passed through these conveniently-placed smoking holes we built into it after last time.
We must now invade Ukraine a year and a half ago in retaliation.
-Some intensely sweating Russian state media propagandist clown, probably.