I was wondering if there were still any Putin apologists left on this forum. Putin is a sociopathic tyrant who is trying to rebuild the Soviet Union while Obama and the rest of the world sleeps.
These “rebels” didn’t just discover some surface to air missile and shoot it at the sky. It takes an entire platoon of trained engineers, mechanics, and strategists to operate a SAM battery and hit a moving target, plus it takes a surface to air missile, which, the last time I looked is not available on E-Bay. This missile was launched by either ex-Russian military equipped and supplied by Russia or Russian soldiers.
Putin’s fingerprints are all over this murder of 300 civilians and anyone who thinks that Putin is a good guy is either really stupid or really evil.
“It takes an entire platoon of trained engineers, mechanics, and strategists to operate a SAM battery”
One - This isn’t a Patriot battery, it is an AFV designed to be operated by four people. 4 Soviet-trained people, which means 4 half-a**ed trained people. It is actually designed for this. Most Soviet equipment was designed to be run by stupid people, which is why they have always been popular with third worlders. It can be operated individually, or as part of a larger battery.
Two - Ukraine, as did the Soviet Union before it, had compulsory Universal service until very recently, meaning every able-bodied male had to serve at least 1-2 years, if they couldn’t get an exemption.
Are you trying to tell me that out of the millions in Southeast Ukraine, it would be IMPOSSIBLE to find four people who knew at least the basics of operating a BUK??Especially given how many from the AA Regiment in Donetsk went over to the Rebels??
Or from among the Russian Volunteers, almost all whom were vets themselves?
XACTLY!
Mike