When the US entered Iraq, the PR guy in Baghdad constantly said the US had lost and was being defeated by Iraqi forces. Even when fires could be seen behind him, he said the US was far away.
Why is the media doing the exact thing with the Ukraine and Russia? Heck, why are they doing that with everything?
What are they losing? It really does look like they are losing, and trying to cover up the losses.
so how do we just skip to the part where the socialists are hanging from lamp posts?
You don't. In fact, if Socialists are hanging from lamp posts, either it was done by Socialists, you are being ruled by a Socialist of any other name, or your children will be ruled by Socialists when you anti-Socialist authoritarian regime inevitably collapses into Socialism.
Death does not dissuade people with no regard for human life.