Posted on 03/21/2022 9:35:27 AM PDT by JonPreston
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, thousands of Americans and other foreign nationals have signed up to fight for Ukraine, answering a call to action by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Now, as the conflict enters its fourth week, a growing number of foreign volunteers are flowing into the capital, signing contracts and receiving weapons and combat training before getting deployed to one of the numerous front lines of the war.
They have been compared to the 32,000 foreigners, mostly Americans and Europeans, many of them equally unprepared, who joined the republican forces in Spain’s 1936-39 civil war. That conflict became a losing battle against nationalists led by General Francisco Franco, with the support of Nazi Germany and the fascist Italian government of Benito Mussolini.
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All might not be lost...maybe Zelenskyy will teach them how to play a piano with his weener.
As long as weapons and ammunition are tight, volunteers with no military experience rightly should be at the back of the line.
Thrill seekers, wearing their Patagonia jackets.
I don’t think the Zelensky-WEF regime wants them to fight.
They want them to die in well-timed conspicuous ways so they can be used for propaganda purposes.
I’ve always wanted to fly an L10-11. Think I’ll give it a shot this afternoon.
They murdered nuns yet today are still immortalized. Sick.
If you want some excitement in your life, take up hang gliding.
Being a mercenary just makes you a target.
Will they get to castrate wounded Russians as alleged in another thread?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4048440/posts
From the article: “ He didn’t reach out to the Ukrainian Embassy or consulate. Nor did he log into its recruitment website, fightforUA.org, where foreign volunteers are supposed to register and learn about the process of joining Ukraine’s armed forces, Adam said.
“I only found out about fightforUA.org when I was already here,” he said.”
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I read an article about a week or so ago regarding FightForUA.Org.
They are conducting INTERVIEWS and they are Not accepting conscripts like Adam. However if they show up, they’ll find something for them to do.
A Ukraine General has an office in D.C. where you’ll have an interview if you pass the first internet questionnaire process.
They are looking for only Combat exp., Doctors, nurses, and medics, with experience only.
There is also a special entry point through Poland where those selected will be received at.
So in think this might be an attempt by Stars and Stripes to slow or stop people from just going there.
***nationalists led by General Francisco Franco, with the support of Nazi Germany and the fascist Italian government of Benito Mussolini.***
In all fairness Franco used the nazis to keep the commies out of Spain. After that was done Franco found all sorts of reasons NOT to join the Axis Powers.
novice...
N.B.: In the Spanish Civil War, “Republicans” were communists. They were seen as fire-breathing fanatics by many. In a novel, the American really impresses a Spanish hottie by mentioning that his father was a Republican.
She asked if he had been persecuted, and after thinking, he remembered that his father had been caught up as a bit player in the Harding administration’s Teapot Dome scandal, and had spent a short time in jail after being grilled on Capital Hill. So “yes”, he had been persecuted.
“Was he tortured?”, she asked. “Definitely”, he replied.
Good point.
There’s always other important work that needs to be done besides shooting while in an active combat theater.
Most of it involves a shovel.
“As long as weapons and ammunition are tight, volunteers with no military experience rightly should be at the back of the line.”
Spot On. No matter what protection gear you have, you will not live long if you do not have military training experience.
Sounds like people showing up that were told not to, they only wanted experienced combat troops...the guys with the right stuff are getting well equipped. Sounds like a lot of these folks are ending up in their citizens militia
Reminds me of the current situation. Franco was the good guy. We listened to the communists wail forever after he beat them.
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