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[–] ShovelLiz@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the draft is the real crime

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

100%

But the chickenhawks here in the US have always been content watching other people march off to war.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Cheering for other people's kids to march off and kill one another.

Booing when they come home, covered in blood and sweet and tears, because they didn't achieve some kind of unequivocal victory.

Then claiming the (((Secret Traitors))) cost you the war by undermining moral with information about what was actually going on.

[–] SuddenDownpour@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If it's a crime, do not fire them, lock them up in pris-

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the actions "treason" and has initiated criminal proceedings.

Oh. Oh well.

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also, one of the main reasons the Russian army has been underperforming is corruption. Loads of money siphoned, incompetent people getting positions, you name it. Zelenskyy is also making sure the same doesn't happen in his country and stays on top performance/efficiency wise.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

the Russian army has been underperforming is corruption

Check under the hood of any army and you're going to find all sorts of corruption, graft, and kickbacks. War Is A Racket.

[–] zer0@thelemmy.club 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In a situation where losing means you lose everything... It's a small price to pay.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

losing means you lose everything

Conscripting a guy to go to war on your behalf, watching them die in your defense, and then breathing a sigh of relief because at least you didn't lose anything.

[–] Stuka@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Apple is truck.

See? I can also spew nonsense.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Words do mean things. Conscription is involuntary labor. Slavery is... involuntary labor. A=A.