Russia screwed it up - they didn't secure their landing area, their guns and radios jammed because they are too lazy and drunk
What are you talking about, when I was referring to absence of strikes at key decision making centers? Did Americans parachute into Baghdad on day 1, or did they strike it with stand-off weapons from great distance?
Your post is a great example of why I abandoned this thread and moved to coal and other issues. It is impossible to communicate a simple point to you people, let alone more complex constructions.
Here, I will try again:
1) The United States used 935 cruise missiles during its invasion of Iraq. Link: globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2003/uscentaf_oif_report_30apr2003.pdf
2) This was sufficient to render the Iraqi government and military completely directionless, while plunging the rest of the country into an energy and communications blackout.
3) Russia has used in excess of 3,000 cruise missiles by this point in the war.
4) It is logical to conclude that this should have been sufficient to cause similar chaos in Ukraine.
5) Russia, six months into the war, has still not hit any significant Ukrainian government facility such as the President's Office, the Verkhovna Rada, SBU headquarters, or the building of the Ministry of Defense. Neither has it disabled Ukraine's electrical grid, or it's communication links to the rest of the world.
6) This is strange, to say the least.
7) Your reply regarding the paratrooper assault on Gostomel airport (successful by the way - it was the backup that ****** up), is neither here nor there, and shows you have serious issues digesting simple arguments.