Volunteers. Or cia folks.
And here I was pulling for Zeepers, then I remembered they are to cowardly to go to the Front.
Third Option contractors
The Russians have a hard time fathoming that the Ukrainians for whom they have so much contempt have been able to fight then to a stalemate, despite having 1/4 the population and being starved of weaponry.
“ Volunteers. Or cia folks.”
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Contractors! Good money.
Yesterday they were in the Army, today they are civilians, and tomorrow if caught or killed, they didn’t work for us.
Our boys when caught in Venezuela:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gideon_(2020)#/media/File:Operaci%C3%B3n_Gede%C3%B3n_2020_-_SEBIN_capture.png (I think their facial hair still meets Navy and Army grooming standards)
How one defines things, how you tabulate them, and how hard you look, sometimes plays a role.
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