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Attacks on Ukraine Draft Officers Soar as War Fatigue Deepens
(www.bloomberg.com)
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Who said anything about mercenaries? This is all about drafted soldiers for the Ukrainian military. If Russia was trying to conquer my country and I wanted to get involved, no, I would not fight as a mercenary.
So you’re saying you would willingly die for NATO ideals?
If by "NATO ideals", you mean some idea of western imperialism, then no. If instead you mean defending myself and my allies from completely unwarranted attacks in direct violation of previous agreements from a nation that will obviously abuse them if allowed to, then yeah.
I don’t think you understand this conflict as well as you’re pretending to. I don’t really understand it thoroughly but I do understand way more than “Russia attacked Ukraine out of nowhere because they’re evil” which is usually followed by “Putin is evil and also a communist and wants to bring back the USSR which is evil”
pissing into the wind now cuz u caught a ban though. What a shame
Then I misunderstood. I thought you meant you'd be going to the current war and fighting there. Did you instead mean, that the drafted ukrainians should be willing to die?
I won't fault anyone who refuses to fight and possibly die for nation state business. I think it's admirable that some of them are willing to defend their homeland from an encroaching tyrant, but I won't expect it of anyone. I think we should all have the right to pacifism, so long as we are willing to accept the consequences of living in a world that does not share that ideal.