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  • Do Russians Worship War?

    07/09/2025 1:25:18 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 58 replies
    Commentary Magazine ^ | April 2023 | Gary Saul Morton
    Americans all too often presume that everyone else aspires to live and think as we do. Others must share our values, if only in secret, or at least be eager to learn them. This is a dangerous attitude to take with any nation or culture, but perhaps especially so with Russians—and never more so than when the topic is war. As Gregory Carleton observes in his superb 2017 study Russia: The Story of War, war is an indispensable part of how Russians see the world and their place in it. The extent to which World War II and all previous...
  • Why Is Russia Sending Assault Troopers Into Battle On Crutches?

    05/06/2025 4:43:04 PM PDT · by Apparatchik · 40 replies
    Forbes ^ | 6 May 2025 | David Hambling
    It is no secret that Russia ‘recycles’ wounded soldiers, sending them back to the front line as soon as they are mobile. Commanders have made sure that getting wounded is not a ticket out of danger. But now we are seeing more extreme cases, with soldiers still on crutches or even in wheelchairs being pushed forward in assaults. What is behind this bizarre phenomenon? There may be method behind this gruesome madness, but there are competing explanations. It would be easy to dismiss this sort of claim as Ukrainian propaganda. Except that apart from the many cases captured on drone...