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47. Deuteronomy 20:10-14

Sun Apr 3, 2022, 10:08 AM

Apr 2022

As you approach a town to attack it, first offer its people terms for peace. If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor. But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town. When the LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town. But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.

Virgins as spoils of war:

Now kill all the boys and all the women who have slept with a man. Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves

Numbers 31:17-18

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I was so wrong in assuming that Russian soldiers hold the same values as we soldiers have in west [View all] Duncanpup Apr 2022 OP

I am saddened as well, but not at all surprised Sherman A1 Apr 2022 #1

+1 2naSalit Apr 2022 #3

War is Rape, looting, and destruction. Always was, always will be Walleye Apr 2022 #2

Human beings do those things. smirkymonkey Apr 2022 #68

Like those at My Lai? BSdetect Apr 2022 #4

True Duncanpup Apr 2022 #5

Like Abu Ghraib? Somebody being awfully naive. Solomon Apr 2022 #11

Thank you. ANYONE thinking that American soldiers didn't do this while in Iraq are Ferrets are Cool Apr 2022 #23

Death toll in Iraq was like 30-40k. Mosby Apr 2022 #32

... Ferrets are Cool Apr 2022 #33

The Lancet said 1 million. Igel Apr 2022 #61

Our soldiers have done horrible things also JI7 Apr 2022 #6

Agreed Duncanpup Apr 2022 #7

Not as SOP though. This is a planned systematic attack on civilians. oldsoftie Apr 2022 #27

it would be if the previous administration had its way anarch Apr 2022 #49

military ops were underway while trump was in office. And we didn't do this. oldsoftie Apr 2022 #55

bothsideism kiri Apr 2022 #41

It's a question of extent and frequency. Igel Apr 2022 #62

The OP is about comparing us with them. JI7 Apr 2022 #72

OK Whataboutism? kiri Apr 2022 #73

It doesn't help to claim something which is obviously not true JI7 Apr 2022 #74

I don't seem to remember reading about mass rape of German women by western Allies in 1945 Spider Jerusalem Apr 2022 #63

It may be the mercenaries Comrade Putin hired. pwb Apr 2022 #8

They never learned - it's been practice for centuries by their soldiers Pachamama Apr 2022 #9

Rapes in Yugoslavia too... suncat Apr 2022 #18

Rape as a weapon in war Pachamama Apr 2022 #26

Values have little to do with it; all militaries are brutal things. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2022 #10

You may want to read The Pentagon Papers and The New Legions BSdetect Apr 2022 #12

Doesn't even the Buy Bull say the virgins should be raped? When you conquer the enemy? alphafemale Apr 2022 #13

Old Testament. oldsoftie Apr 2022 #29

And....? alphafemale Apr 2022 #34

Hmnn 3auld6phart Apr 2022 #42

And... Mariana Apr 2022 #54

Deuteronomy 20:10-14 Danascot Apr 2022 #47

Do Jews and Chriatians follow that do you think? Mosby Apr 2022 #50

It is instructions. alphafemale Apr 2022 #56

2500 year old instructions. Mosby Apr 2022 #64

Rape has always been used as a weapon in war Farmer-Rick Apr 2022 #14

Once the killing starts, especially up close, the thin veneer of civilization is ripped away... ashredux Apr 2022 #15

It was what the women of 1945 Germany feared, and rightfully so. Ilsa Apr 2022 #16

The mother of one of my wife's friends was one of them DFW Apr 2022 #25

Oh yes, plus the starvation of millions of Russians. nt Ilsa Apr 2022 #46

Stalin was more expert at that than Hitler ever was DFW Apr 2022 #48

But how can that be? All militaries are exactly the same Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #60

I'm afraid it happens in every army COL Mustard Apr 2022 #17

The power of the MSM. SmallFry Apr 2022 #19

The russian military is a corrupt gang of thugs. The Jungle 1 Apr 2022 #20

My opinion of how evil the Russians are sky_masterson Apr 2022 #21

Not suprisingly, I think some (probably mostly the young conscripts) do; the mercenaries certainly hlthe2b Apr 2022 #22

Mostly, people are people, here or over there. 70sEraVet Apr 2022 #24

Yes, like Trump pardoning war criminals. JI7 Apr 2022 #75

Look at the sexual assaults within our own military tikka Apr 2022 #28

Then, add to that Chainfire Apr 2022 #35

And add in that in order to get people to kill each other, it helps to dehumanize the other, Rabrrrrrr Apr 2022 #37

You are exactly right. Chainfire Apr 2022 #40

It is truly disgusting and horrific. Thank you for your service and thoughts on this. Evolve Dammit Apr 2022 #30

Not all, but part of it is a conscript versus volunteer army. roamer65 Apr 2022 #31

Evolved since WWII? Our troops were raping in Iraq, Afghanistan, and even around bases in Okinawa Rabrrrrrr Apr 2022 #36

This. BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #70

'A fish rots from the head down'? multigraincracker Apr 2022 #38

Of course, then there were the wars against indigenous "North Americans." HUAJIAO Apr 2022 #39

War is brutal and it brutalizes those who participate...nt Wounded Bear Apr 2022 #43

Soldiers are individual people. You can't lump them all together. MineralMan Apr 2022 #44

Agreed, but the de-humanization of the enemy or any group of people often leads to widespread TeamProg Apr 2022 #53

This is a universal human thing. This is what happens when order breaks down. Oneironaut Apr 2022 #45

I don't need graphic warnings anymore for Russian troop deaths Arazi Apr 2022 #51

+1000 smirkymonkey Apr 2022 #69

Some of us homo sapiens sapiens have homo sapiens neanderthalensis DNA in our cells. TeamProg Apr 2022 #52

Can't say for certain, but this sounds like the work of the Wagner Group. patphil Apr 2022 #57

Umm, our troops sexually assault/rape their own. A lot. demmiblue Apr 2022 #58

Yup. And we have numerous examples of crimes committed against civilians by our own troops. BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #59

I remember a text from "Bury by Heart at Wounded Knee" alphafemale Apr 2022 #65

There's a lot of horror in that book. BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #71

Former US Marine accused of rape in Ukraine bullwinkle428 Apr 2022 #66

Blackwater, is that you?? Samrob Apr 2022 #67