War Crimes Watch: A Devastating Walk Through the Horrors of Bucha, Ukraine

National Public Radio ^ | April 9, 2022 | Cara Anna

[Zhang Fei]

[So, perhaps he didn’t go farther than BUD/S. Some guys complete BUD/S but for one reason or another go no further in the SEAL program; that could be because of injury, disability, change of heart, or failure to complete the next stage (SQT). But anyone who completed BUD/S deserves a hell of a lot of credit.]

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I’m sure he’s an excellent soldier. The question is whether his personal qualities match his skill at soldiery. Making excuses for a tyrannical conqueror like Putin has widened the distance between him and someone like our Cincinnatus, George Washington, to a chasm:

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https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/gwresignation.html
At the end of the Revolutionary War, many people in America and Europe thought Washington would retain the reins of power to become the leader of the new nation, or even king. When told by the American artist Benjamin West that Washington was going to resign, King George III of England said “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.”

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Maybe in a different age, Matt could have been Alexander, a man who butchered his way to eternal fame. Maybe that’s what he sees in Putin - a man who is merely doing what he would do himself if he held the reins of power in Russia.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Zhang Fei.

[entropy12]

You are missing a simple fact. Wars are fought between MILITARY of warring countries. When civilians get involved making Molotov cocktails and brandishing firearms to kill the enemy soldiers (as was shown on TV videos repeatedly), then those soldiers have every right to kill those civilians before getting killed.

[entropy12]

On another point with our national debt much higher than our GDP, we are essentially a bankrupt country. We have no business sending arms to ANY FOREIGN country by borrowing more debt. Broke people should not act macho and act as world police. We should not be pro-Ukraine or pro-Russia. We are broke and need to clean house first.

https://usdebtclock.org