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bigtree

(94,662 posts)
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 04:00 PM Aug 2025

"Making Kneeling Great Again."



Amy McGrath @AmyMcGrathKY
I’m sorry but it’s hard to get over the picture of the airmen on their knees, in front of the Russian jet, rolling out the red carpet for a mass murderer. Just never thought I’d see that.




The moment, captured on camera, spread across social media, prompting former Ukrainian official Mustafa Nayyem to share the photo with the caption: “Make kneeling great again."




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"Making Kneeling Great Again." (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2025 OP
I really don't have a problem with this underpants Aug 2025 #1
You can refuse orders... MiHale Aug 2025 #3
Under this military regime EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #4
Yeah. They aren't doing that. underpants Aug 2025 #6
Sick, sick,sick... MiHale Aug 2025 #2
The issue isn't that the individuals didn't refuse to do it. enough Aug 2025 #5

underpants

(197,167 posts)
1. I really don't have a problem with this
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 04:09 PM
Aug 2025

None of them got drafted as the saying goes.

You do what you’re told.

EYESORE 9001

(29,881 posts)
4. Under this military regime
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 04:23 PM
Aug 2025

it wouldn’t surprise me that refusal to show fealty to the Russian devil would result in an undesirable discharge of some sort - if not brig or prison time tacked on for good measure.

underpants

(197,167 posts)
6. Yeah. They aren't doing that.
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 04:48 PM
Aug 2025

This is Air Force too. Vital of course but they are muddying it out in a Bradley or sleeping on a stack of Navy bunks. Many applicable technical skills.

MiHale

(13,162 posts)
2. Sick, sick,sick...
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 04:11 PM
Aug 2025

I would have refused to do that…those soldiers going to have to answer to their kids for the action.

Absolutely no “Thank you for your service”, for them. Never, ever.

enough

(13,770 posts)
5. The issue isn't that the individuals didn't refuse to do it.
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 04:41 PM
Aug 2025

The issue is that they were ordered to do it.

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