'I'm not going back and fight' - US mercenaries say war in Ukraine is more dangerous than in Iraq or Afghanistan - The Daily Beast

-This is my third war I've been in and this one is by far the worst. You will be crushed by artillery, tanks. Last week, a bomb was dropped from an airplane next to us, about 300 meters away. This is horrifying shit.

  • You can't hide anywhere. When we went out on missions, I thought we were all going to die. A helicopter will not fly for you, no one will save you when you are surrounded. When I got home, I had time to think things over. I came to the conclusion that I'm not going to go back and fight.
  • GaveUp [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    Are you talking about the guy from Texas, Russell Bentley?

    If so, he was there since near the beginning when it all started in 2014. I think it's safe to say he's never coming back lol

    If a war ever breaks out with China I think he'd go there since he's a communist

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      No, there was some former u.s army merc that managed to cross the lines and get himself on Russian prime time TV like a month or few ago.

      Tex is in the same boat as Lancaster and others at this point

      • GaveUp [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        Oh yea that guy on RT right? I bet he's probably gonna end up in that village Russia made specifically for Americans with traditional values lol

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
          hexagon
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          1 year ago

          Nah he probably gonna get the Snowden treatment but with like zero of the publicity

          • CTHlurker [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            It's advertised as a development project somewhere in the middle of nowhere Russia and was supposed to be a place for people who felt like the West had abandonned their traditional values by doing gender and gay stuff. It's not really getting much traction IRL because it's pretty obviously just a grift, but the people on here loved the concept of the self-funding gulag.

            • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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              1 year ago

              That sounds mind bogglingly stupid. I hope they do build it, thousands of chuds move in, and then they all die of grift-related complications such as lack of utilities and food.