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Russian missile fails and 'boomerangs back at Russian troops' (Original Post)
Quixote1818
Jun 2022
OP
Actually, it's possible many of them might have been conscripted troops who HAD NO CHOICE.
usaf-vet
Jun 2022
#5
usaf-vet, I understand your point, but Ukraine is getting decimated by Russian troops,
Martin68
Jun 2022
#9
It's the medic in me that sees wounded in a different light. I understand your position. There is ..
usaf-vet
Jun 2022
#10
The oligarchs in charge of the Russian weapons companies sure love cutting corners.
Crowman2009
Jun 2022
#6
Next time don't put the location waypoint in the target waypoint, кретин (Nt)
FreepFryer
Jun 2022
#8
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. Gotta love ruskie engineering.
Too bad it didn't lock onto pootin & his cronies.
SWBTATTReg
(22,112 posts)2. Ah, Karma. What goes around comes around.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)3. Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of guys. nt
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)5. Actually, it's possible many of them might have been conscripted troops who HAD NO CHOICE.
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,
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 ..
.... no doubt that I hope Ukraine prevails in this unjust war.
ffr
(22,669 posts)4. Karma?
Crowman2009
(2,494 posts)6. The oligarchs in charge of the Russian weapons companies sure love cutting corners.
More money for their $100 million yachts. Guess the Russian soldiers unquestionable fealty to Pooty-poot came back to bite them on the ass.
Otto_Harper
(509 posts)7. As the old saying goes:
What doesn't buzz and doesn't fit in your ass?"
A Russian made ass buzzer.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)8. Next time don't put the location waypoint in the target waypoint, кретин (Nt)