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Stolen Valor:The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine Who Lie, Waste and Bicker (NYT 2023 article Routh is mentioned)
NY Times ^ | 3/25/2023 | Justin Scheck

Posted on 09/15/2024 6:23:45 PM PDT by CaptainK

They rushed to Ukraine by the thousands, many of them Americans who promised to bring military experience, money or supplies to the battleground of a righteous war. Hometown newspapers hailed their commitment, and donors backed them with millions of dollars.

With Legion growth stalling, Ryan Routh, a former construction worker from Greensboro, N.C., is seeking recruits from among Afghan soldiers who fled the Taliban. Mr. Routh, who spent several months in Ukraine last year, said he planned to move them, in some cases illegally, from Pakistan and Iran to Ukraine. He said dozens had expressed interest

We can probably purchase some passports through Pakistan, since it’s such a corrupt country,” he said in an interview from Washington.

It is not clear whether he has succeeded, but one former Afghan soldier said he had been contacted and was interested in fighting if it meant leaving Iran, where he was living illegally.

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To: tennmountainman

You are getting weird again, of course we are speculating and trying to work with the information we have.

Be sure and continue to read my posts.


61 posted on 09/15/2024 8:11:35 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Speculate all you wish.
And I will continue to remind you that you think you know it all
is just speculation until we know more.


62 posted on 09/15/2024 8:24:01 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: tennmountainman

You really aren’t making sense, why go to all this effort to label speculation, “speculation” as though people don’t know that the opinions posted on this event of a few hours ago is normal opinion and speculation, what is going on with you?


63 posted on 09/15/2024 8:31:25 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

It does not sense to you because you are thick.


64 posted on 09/15/2024 8:51:04 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Where’s the Dr John post from? Thanks!


65 posted on 09/15/2024 9:02:44 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: piasa

Is this not the comical realization of Lucy outwitting Charlie Brown at every turn?


66 posted on 09/15/2024 9:50:14 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: piasa

Routh’s case (and that of others) is similar to how the Soviets recruited Americans for the Spanish Civil War through the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which set the stage for Castro’s recruitment of the Black Panthers, Weather Underground, Venceremos Brigade, etc.


67 posted on 09/15/2024 10:43:58 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: piasa

Iran definitely wants Trump dead, but the Secret Service knew that and let the shooter get this close, which is the bigger issue.


68 posted on 09/15/2024 10:47:53 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: CaptainK

Sounds like a contractor for a swampy agency.


69 posted on 09/16/2024 5:56:02 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: logi_cal869

Bet his construction worker account has some generous wires.


70 posted on 09/16/2024 5:57:01 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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