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2022-03-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
‘A Swarm Of Misfits for one soldier with combat experience’: Legion of the Damned: Inside Ukraine's army of misfits, veterans, and war tourists in the fight against Russia
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Posted by Gretle Gleatle4568 2022-03-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 "War tourist"..... Ha, excellent !
Posted by Besoeker 2022-03-19 05:21||   2022-03-19 05:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Very entertaining read.
Posted by Cthulhu of Ryleh 2022-03-19 06:15||   2022-03-19 06:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Ukraine's foreign fighters ridicule American Boogaloo Boy who RAN AWAY when he realised he'd actually have to fight Russians in Kyiv with the kit he was given and complained he'd been lured into 'trap'
Posted by Skidmark 2022-03-19 08:25||   2022-03-19 08:25|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd say "war tourism" is Darwinism at its finest.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-03-19 08:40||   2022-03-19 08:40|| Front Page Top

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Posted by M. Murcek 2022-03-19 08:52||   2022-03-19 08:52|| Front Page Top

#6 The writer is part of the crowd that will find fault with perfection. We are reading from a guy that would have voted to crucify Christ.
Posted by 49 Pan 2022-03-19 11:07||   2022-03-19 11:07|| Front Page Top

#7 ^I disagree. The Task & Purpose YouTube channel has been consistently excellent throughout the conflict. Go watch it.
Posted by Secret Master  2022-03-19 13:03||   2022-03-19 13:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Sounds like most American infantry units.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-03-19 13:11||   2022-03-19 13:11|| Front Page Top

#9 stupid games, stupid prizes. How many of those misfits and degenerates were fried in the missile strike? Bet it's a lot more than "thirty-five". There's so much propaganda about this war it's impossible to believe the news
Posted by Kojo Throgum2731 2022-03-19 15:47||   2022-03-19 15:47|| Front Page Top

#10  "War tourist"

We’ve spoken here about jihad tourists moving from one battlefield to the next hot thing.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-03-19 22:11||   2022-03-19 22:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Unit cohesion is very important. The Band of Brothers trained for years before D Day. The French Foreign Legion has been wearing their butcher aprons and parading a wooden arm for a century. Amalgamating a group of people for fighting from different countries with different experience levels in theater with no unit training was always a PR release headed for a Darwin Award.
Posted by Super Hose 2022-03-19 22:31||   2022-03-19 22:31|| Front Page Top

#12 They're lucky. The Russians are taking the gloves off now. Gonna be fast and furious.
Posted by Whaving Lover of the Heathen Rus9997 2022-03-19 22:46||   2022-03-19 22:46|| Front Page Top

#13 Bloodthirsty!

A pitcher just ran through a riot.
The cool kids all followed: "Let's try it!"
A punch-drunk discussion
Ensued: "Shoot a Russian!"
"As long as we don't have to buy it..."
"It's a sure-fire Ukrainian diet!"
Posted by Snakes Dribble1728 2022-03-19 23:20||   2022-03-19 23:20|| Front Page Top

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