Appeared:


​VERBINTRANSITIVE ​NOT USUALLY PROGRESSIVE
US/əˈpɪr/WORD FORMS
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DEFINITIONS6
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1. seem
2. begin to be seen
3. be on TV etc.
4. be in court
5. start to exist
6. be written/printed

Implied:


tr.v.im·plied, im·ply·ing, im·plies
1.
a. To express or state indirectly: She implied that she was in a hurry.
b. To make evident indirectly: His fine clothes implied that he was wealthy. See Synonymsat suggest. See Usage Note at infer.
2. To involve by logical necessity; entail: Life implies growth and death


So because you made two sequential guesses - which were both wrong, that makes me a “Comrade Commissar”? He switched over from Infantry - a combat arms branch - to being an FAO, which is inherently political, especially if you are an embassy military attaché. You go from a career of leading troops to one of being able to provide geopolitical assessments in your area of expertise. Nothing wrong with that, just a statement of fact. It implies nothing.

Also a statement of fact that his post military writings (three of which I posted urls to) demonstrate a marked Ukrainian bias including advocacy for a no-fly zone. Nothing wrong with that either, he’s retired and entitled to his opinion and has first amendment rights to post it.


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