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usaf-vet

(6,181 posts)
5. Actually, it's possible many of them might have been conscripted troops who HAD NO CHOICE.
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 03:51 PM
Jun 2022

If it fell on Putin and his fellow oligarchs I'd be 100% with you.

I had high school classmates drafted and KIA in Vietnam. They did not want to be there either.

Martin68

(22,791 posts)
9. usaf-vet, I understand your point, but Ukraine is getting decimated by Russian troops,
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 06:48 PM
Jun 2022

conscripted or otherwise. Every Russian soldier that dies helps keep Ukranians alive. If I was Ukranian on the front lines watching that, I'd be cheering my head off.

usaf-vet

(6,181 posts)
10. It's the medic in me that sees wounded in a different light. I understand your position. There is ..
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 11:41 PM
Jun 2022

.... no doubt that I hope Ukraine prevails in this unjust war.

Crowman2009

(2,494 posts)
6. The oligarchs in charge of the Russian weapons companies sure love cutting corners.
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 03:54 PM
Jun 2022

More money for their $100 million yachts. Guess the Russian soldiers unquestionable fealty to Pooty-poot came back to bite them on the ass.

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