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64. In the US they just go to high schools to get recruits.

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Russia is grabbing men off the street to fight in Ukraine [View all] speak easy Oct 2022 OP

Reminds me of my draft notice in 1968 during the Vietnam War. Bad shit. walkingman Oct 2022 #1

x 2 Schmice3 Oct 2022 #15

Me too. Lasher Oct 2022 #21

I had a lot of friends who disappeared into Canada that year Warpy Oct 2022 #59

to them, it's all about the quotas n/t gay texan Oct 2022 #2

And republicans want to bring Putin's style here. ffr Oct 2022 #3

And A promise Traildogbob Oct 2022 #16

Well, they aren't supplying guns or ammo.... getagrip_already Oct 2022 #35

Wow. Traildogbob Oct 2022 #44

The Russian people pay for it... getagrip_already Oct 2022 #57

Great idea Rebl2 Oct 2022 #27

It's Steve Bannon strategy: "flood the zone with shit". Sociopaths don't care about cannon fodder.nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2022 #4

Maybe Traildogbob Oct 2022 #5

Someody has to kill Putin ASAP Botany Oct 2022 #6

Will the "enlisted" shoot their commanding officers? LiberalFighter Oct 2022 #7

I'd expect some of them will. ShazzieB Oct 2022 #14

They are already doing just that Botany Oct 2022 #18

darn those Chechens fighting for the UKR. Who knew they'd turn against the rotten scoundrel putin onetexan Oct 2022 #58

Turns out that some of the Chechens now fighting the Russians in Ukraine are really Crimean Tatars Botany Oct 2022 #63

AMAZING! Thank u for posting! onetexan Oct 2022 #65

A couple of days ago, they grabbed the co-pilot of a plane heading to Turkey... OnlinePoker Oct 2022 #8

Oh, the oligarchs' sons are rounded up too, if putin has had enough of that one. erronis Oct 2022 #45

My GGF was a socialist in czarist Russia. no_hypocrisy Oct 2022 #9

"When a nation dwarfs it's people, it finds no good thing can be accomplished with small people." Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2022 #11

I have a Russian son-in-law whose family were physicists that immigrated here when Dustlawyer Oct 2022 #23

What is a GGF? mahina Oct 2022 #40

Guessing Great Grand-Father. erronis Oct 2022 #46

TYVM mahina Oct 2022 #48

Great Grandfather no_hypocrisy Oct 2022 #50

My grandfather BonnieJW Oct 2022 #47

My Jewish grandfather was from Kyiv he mucifer Oct 2022 #52

good lord.... dixiegrrrrl Oct 2022 #66

Wow, what Kingly powers the Russians have given Putin Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #10

Press gangs. One factor triggering the US and Russian Revolutions of 1776 and 1917 . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2022 #12

Yeah, Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #51

I havent even read about Press Gangs. Corgigal Oct 2022 #61

As Putin impacts more people who have some influence and resources IronLionZion Oct 2022 #19

Putin is Tsar in all but name. Aristus Oct 2022 #22

czar Caezar, kaiser Kaesar speak easy Oct 2022 #34

But only for two more weeks though mahina Oct 2022 #41

And still the Russian people do not rise up and demand change. Lonestarblue Oct 2022 #13

Russia has always been ruled by a strong man, Haggard Celine Oct 2022 #28

Parting a drunk Russian man in his mid50's from his vodka is a step too far! Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2022 #31

Snatching people off the streets? ShazzieB Oct 2022 #17

Even disabled drunk men in their 50s shipped to the front!! It's unbelievable!! Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2022 #33

Why hasn't Edward Snowden been recruited? Shop olive Oct 2022 #20

Does Russia have a draft? Nt raccoon Oct 2022 #24

Yes. speak easy Oct 2022 #25

they say it's limited but Shop olive Oct 2022 #53

It would seem the press-gangs have a quota to fill. HubertHeaver Oct 2022 #26

This is just going to lead to mass desertions. G2theD Oct 2022 #29

One escapee had a great story Warpy Oct 2022 #30

'What the goons don't seem to realize is that they're next on the list' speak easy Oct 2022 #36

And next on the list after their quotas are met Warpy Oct 2022 #42

no wonder T**** liked him nt RussBLib Oct 2022 #54

Shanghaied...straight our of the days of sailing ships... brush Oct 2022 #32

Nothing says desperation like grabbing people off the street to fight an offensive war. patphil Oct 2022 #37

Ukraine has, and should continue, to make it known that any Russian who is forced to fight can Pepsidog Oct 2022 #38

Asking for of the same scenario where the conscripts w onetexan Oct 2022 #39

I can't help wondering if some of these men could play along with this, until calimary Oct 2022 #43

Well, THAT's going to sink the russian economy further down... Justice matters. Oct 2022 #49

so many of trump's magat dumb asses are pro putin orleans Oct 2022 #55

Claim to have bone spurs, works for some N/T IBEWVET Oct 2022 #56

the Russian draft board keithbvadu2 Oct 2022 #60

If they are that bad in recruitment.... Smackdown2019 Oct 2022 #62

In the US they just go to high schools to get recruits. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #64