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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I can actually easily understand the bulk of the MPs in attendance not turning their brain on and doing the math on the "waitjustaminnithere... he was fighting for Ukraine in WWII, that must mean he was fighting Stalin, so he must have been with the Germans - this guy's almost certainly a Nazi!" in the moment. They have no reason to expect something this insane would happen - half of them are probably barely even paying attention to what's being said during what is basically a ceremonial process with no real bearing on anything (especially since it's just the introductory portion of the ceremony). Everyone claps, you clap; that's basically your whole job here, there's no reason to expect someone to cleverly entrap them into applauding a Nazi soldier.
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Exactly. I'm pretty sure most of those MPs clapping don't even have a clue on who this guy is, other than he's a war vet, so they just auto-clap and do the usual "thanks for your service" liner.