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Originally Posted by curves2000
I am not sticking up for any Russian solider doing any of those types of things at all. I am firmly not on Team Russia. If anything, I have always been stunned at the lack of firm response from the entire world in regard to dealing with Putin.
What I am trying to illustrate is the human level. Say you and I were hypothetically forced into battle from our Canadian government. We have absolutely zero choice in this matter to go and fight against our enemies. It really becomes fight for survival, its either us or them. It's the reality of war.
If I was killed in combat for the Canadian Forces and you lost 3 limbs while wiping your ass, our families are mourning and dealing with the consequences, the human element is some expression of some sympathy in my mind.
Russia has zero business being in Ukraine and millions of people are affected by this disaster. Everybody is paying the price.
I used that example of Canadian military being injured and killed in Afghanistan, to us what happened to them was tragic. They are protecting our freedoms. To the Afghans and those who were active in fighting the various countries who sent military there, the question is "What the hell are you doing here?"
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There is always a choice. Not easy choice and not one that doesn't have serious repercussions or risks involved, but still a choice. There are Russian men in prison right now because they refused to report and kill Ukrainians. There are many who fled and now have to start a life elsewhere. There are some who surrendered to Ukrainian forces as soon as they were able, or just went AWOL. I get that none of these things are great choices.
If someone came to your house and said, I am going to put you prison unless you kill some people for me, is your freedom worth more than lives of innocent people? For a lot of the Russians sent to Ukraine, it was to them. So I don't have any sympathy for them.