It's not clickbait, the author really is just stupid. Or malicious.
He makes the case that since the unit Hunka served in wasn't convicted of war crimes, he was just an innocent soul who had to make a choice between two evils. He's equating the USSR and Nazi Germany.
Edit: I thought the Russia brainworms in the article were just a lib being a lib, but this guy is a pro at it. He used to work for the UK military as an advisor/consultant surrounding Russia, and now leads the "Conflict Studies Research Centre, a group of subject matter experts in Eurasian security." Writing about how bad Russia is has been his life's work
CSRC's members are drawn from among staff of the UK Ministry of Defence's former open source research groups, the Advanced Research and Assessment Group (ARAG) and Research and Assessment Branch (R&AB).
All of the Waffen SS without exception was charged with war crimes at Nuremburg. Canada had their own special commission in the 80s that was not allowed to cite the Nuremburg trial and that's probably what he was referring to. Hunkas unit was in the Waffen SS despite the name change in 1945. Hunka himself joined in 1943, he wasn't caught up in stuff - also, true Ukrainian patriots joined the Red Army to liberate their homeland not the invading Nazi German army. The Red Army had plenty of Ukranians in it in WW2, it's not like they were confused who they should fight unless... th3y were nazis.
One incredible attempt at whitewashing Hunka was someone saying that Hunka maybe didn't have enough information that the nazis were bad.
I was flabbergasted. Hunka joined in 19-fuckin-43. Nazis raped and burned villages, shot people in mass graves left and right, literally killed millions of civilians in those years - how could you possibly say that someone from the Eastern front was unaware that nazis were "not good"? what the fuckin fuck
As a general rule I do think war crimes should be tried by other countries, not the home country of the the war criminal. Like, I trust the USSR to convict their war criminals much more than most, but it’s a bad precedent. American soldiers should only and always be allowed to be tried by other countries.
Not particularly relevant to the situation at hand, just a tangent.
American soldiers should only and always be allowed to be tried by other countries.
Well this is why America openly promises to invade the international criminal court if an American is ever tried there. Just like they openly promise to do a "preemptive" nuclear strike if they see fit. No other country promises such things, nor would they get away with promising such things.
It's not clickbait, the author really is just stupid. Or malicious.
He makes the case that since the unit Hunka served in wasn't convicted of war crimes, he was just an innocent soul who had to make a choice between two evils. He's equating the USSR and Nazi Germany.
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Edit: I thought the Russia brainworms in the article were just a lib being a lib, but this guy is a pro at it. He used to work for the UK military as an advisor/consultant surrounding Russia, and now leads the "Conflict Studies Research Centre, a group of subject matter experts in Eurasian security." Writing about how bad Russia is has been his life's work
All of the Waffen SS without exception was charged with war crimes at Nuremburg. Canada had their own special commission in the 80s that was not allowed to cite the Nuremburg trial and that's probably what he was referring to. Hunkas unit was in the Waffen SS despite the name change in 1945. Hunka himself joined in 1943, he wasn't caught up in stuff - also, true Ukrainian patriots joined the Red Army to liberate their homeland not the invading Nazi German army. The Red Army had plenty of Ukranians in it in WW2, it's not like they were confused who they should fight unless... th3y were nazis.
One incredible attempt at whitewashing Hunka was someone saying that Hunka maybe didn't have enough information that the nazis were bad.
I was flabbergasted. Hunka joined in 19-fuckin-43. Nazis raped and burned villages, shot people in mass graves left and right, literally killed millions of civilians in those years - how could you possibly say that someone from the Eastern front was unaware that nazis were "not good"? what the fuckin fuck
Also, the USSR did prosecute its own soldiers for war crimes where those occured
But they werent put on trial by us, the rightful rulers of the Earth
As a general rule I do think war crimes should be tried by other countries, not the home country of the the war criminal. Like, I trust the USSR to convict their war criminals much more than most, but it’s a bad precedent. American soldiers should only and always be allowed to be tried by other countries.
Not particularly relevant to the situation at hand, just a tangent.
Sure, but like a thousand Red Army soldiers were executed on those grounds. Meanwhile see how the US handled Japanese war criminals.
I am more trusting of a conviction than an exonneration here
Well this is why America openly promises to invade the international criminal court if an American is ever tried there. Just like they openly promise to do a "preemptive" nuclear strike if they see fit. No other country promises such things, nor would they get away with promising such things.
I also don't feel the same urgency to prosecute the people resisting nazi occupation and the holocaust. It's not a 2 way street.
Not stupid. Actively malicious.