Ukraine has submitted a list of POWs to Russia for a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap. Many Ukrainian soldiers have now spent over three years in Russian captivity, where they are often being tortured, abused and offered to "join Russian forces to then occupy Europe."
After so much russophobic propaganda I get where this is coming from, but are you willing to go die out of sheer hatred of russia?
I’m just scared that people like you will drag us in an outright war, and I don’t wanna go die in our overlords’ bid for more resources.
Russians themselves were willing (or were ordered instead of asked) to go die in WW2 against Nazi Germany. Was this a “sheer hatred of germans” that was due to “germanphobic propaganda”? Perhaps a bit, but there cleary was a worthy cause behind it all.
If it meant an end to the fascist regime of Russia, it’d be worth it. We all die anyway at some point, why not die for a good cause then.
First of all, Russia has already fired the first shot. They’ve been attacking not just Europe but the rest of the world for years in an information war. The situation in the US can undoubtedly be tracked back to them. To attack Russia wouldn’t be a war of aggression, it would be a retaliatory strike.
Secondly, there is no way that Russia has all the military might they’ve claimed to have. On a military level they are a paper tiger. Just look at the OP, they’re trying to enlist Ukrainian soldiers to fight for them. I remember reading a little time ago about how they were even considering training and fielding children to the front. It wouldn’t be an outright war, it would be a brief struggle. A local pro-Russia militia would probably pose a greater threat than the Russian army.
I am an American, sort of trapped right now within my country’s own borders because of the fascist scumbag I did my best to fight against. I am DEFINITELY willing to kill Russians because of what their country did to mine. Yes, dying comes with the job of being a soldier but as general Patton said, no one won a war dying for their country, instead make the other assholes die for theirs.
Well, here is the thing, I was in the military in Europe decades ago, conscript. Considering what we are seeing as far as effectiveness, training, etc of russian forces, I’d give my generation a 10 to 1advantage, at least, in kills. Multiply by all of Europe combined. Also, current troops in most of Europe are professional, so a 20:1 ratio is not far fetched. I like those odds.
EDIT: Also, let’s not forget that western hardware is whooping russian ass