Russia has been carefully cultivating the nazi bs for at least a decade. Those who have swallowed Putin’s load of propaganda will never change their views. Putin is the savior of the world, his word is like scripture.
Both Ukrainian and Russian nationalists have used nazi symbols going back many decades. Our own military has used nazi symbols, like the Totenkopf, iron cross and SS “lightning bolts”. On active duty I saw plenty of guys with nazi associated tattoos with the above symbols, as well as “88”, black suns and various associated runes. More so early in my career, but some later. Somehow, I never thought these outliers made the US armed forces “nazis”.
Reading what some freepers write about our troops, it sometimes feel more like DU around here than FR.
It isn’t just the troops, a few of the more rabid Putin supporters are anti-veteran, which is tied up with their anti-America/anti-American military/anti-conservative views.