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msfiddlestix

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8. actually I feel bad for the soldiers. they were just following orders

Wed Mar 30, 2022, 05:51 PM

Mar 2022

and had no idea what they were getting involved with.

soldiers probably get similar treatment ias any other nation if not worse for failure to follow orders. probably consider it treason.

just a huge catastrophic tragedy which could and should have been avoided.

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GREAT NEWS /sarc: 7 busses of Russian soldiers with Radiation Syndrome arrive in Belarus [View all] uponit7771 Mar 2022 OP

Dumfucks Effete Snob Mar 2022 #1

WTF, Putin. DIE already! dchill Mar 2022 #2

That's tragic. It is not the 20 year old Russian soldier's fault Putin is a monster. N/T applegrove Mar 2022 #3

This Hekate Mar 2022 #5

Yep. This is horrendous. zuul Mar 2022 #9

And he and TFG live on. There is no justice in this world. PittBlue Mar 2022 #18

x 1000 North Shore Chicago Mar 2022 #49

These soldiers are holding Ukrainians hostage at Chernobyl, for weeks-- Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #24

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Yep, and probably all conscripts, too. GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #26

Agree. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #30

Yes. I think the OP was being ironic or sarcastic. These conscripts are nothing more than what was hlthe2b Mar 2022 #31

They're killing people so yeah. Play stupid games, win deadly prizes. onecaliberal Mar 2022 #33

Conscripts being irradiated is "great news"? brooklynite Mar 2022 #4

Every Russian soldier off the battlefield is great news SoonerPride Mar 2022 #7

Pretty much. They either surrender/desert, or they go home in boxes and bags. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #32

I could be wrong, but I yorkster Mar 2022 #20

Well it's a war not a white party in the Hamptons so in that context it is. BannonsLiver Mar 2022 #39

Actually, that's sad. Those soldiers are Putin's cannon fodder Ocelot II Mar 2022 #6

Exactly. msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #11

My reaction too. likesmountains 52 Mar 2022 #15

actually I feel bad for the soldiers. they were just following orders msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #8

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They probably aren't being told the truth JI7 Mar 2022 #23

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isn't that what Hitler's homies said ?! uponit7771 Mar 2022 #38

They dug trenches in the radioactive forest. patphil Mar 2022 #10

Not something I would say is "good news" Mad_Machine76 Mar 2022 #12

I took the headline as sarcasm lapfog_1 Mar 2022 #19

Episode 4 of the Chernobyl miniseries goes into ARS in graphic detail. Tommy Carcetti Mar 2022 #13

I read sarcasm into the OP title. I agree... WheelWalker Mar 2022 #22

It's bittersweet news. It's regrettable that for Putin to lose, that Russia needs to lose too. Beakybird Mar 2022 #14

Doesn't that mean that some extent of radiation is in and around .. ... Lovie777 Mar 2022 #16

Yes. It's being stirred up with shelling, vehicles, digging, combat activity. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #27

Yes, that region is a 'dead zone' and abandoned KelleyKramer Mar 2022 #42

I feel bad for the Ukrainian Chernobyl workers who are held hostage there--by these same soldiers. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #21

Even though this incident has not been verified, we know they been exposed to radiation. Gore1FL Mar 2022 #29

Pentagon and other state sources verified now, RA is lock zombie army in the north. No WONDER uponit7771 Mar 2022 #47

It blows my mind that they had kids dig around in radiation. Gore1FL Mar 2022 #52

Other reports had them driving through the Red Forest (or at least where it once was) . . . . hatrack Mar 2022 #35

I also read a report that when they arrived they drove right through the very worst part... pecosbob Mar 2022 #36

Here is part of the story: applegrove Mar 2022 #37

i doubt any of them have a clue... Takket Mar 2022 #40

I doubt this very much. The radiation levels just aren't high enough. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #41

Not if you're there a week at most and not breathing radioactive dirty. 2 weeks of digging up uponit7771 Mar 2022 #46

No, it would not. Is it a good idea? No. Is it enough to send people home with ARS? Also no. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #48

The radiation around the "red forest" is so bad it changed the color of the trees. The story ... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #50

Kicking up dust for weeks is not what causes ARS. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #53

breathing it in after its been kicked up does uponit7771 Mar 2022 #54

We could go back and forth on this, but it doesn't. There simply isn't enough radiation. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #56

UKR, Pentagon etc disagrees, I think their assessments of length of time under that radiation is go uponit7771 Mar 2022 #57

You invoke the Pentagon, but I can't see a link for that. Nuclear experts think it's wrong muriel_volestrangler Mar 2022 #58

I thought they determined Meowmee Mar 2022 #43

If ... IF they don't dig up the radioactive dirt and breath in the dust. That's what make the area . uponit7771 Mar 2022 #45

Looks like the source is verified by Pentagon and other state level sources uponit7771 Mar 2022 #44

Putin should visit the soldiers in Chernobyl, you know, to boost morale. Oneironaut Mar 2022 #51

+1, but he needs to stay there for a couple days ... shackin hands and what not uponit7771 Mar 2022 #55