Memoir of a Russian paratrooper

[Cypress]

We had no moral right to attack another country, especially the people closest to us. When all of this started, I knew few people who believed in Nazis and, moreover, wanted to fight against Ukraine. We didn’t have hatred and we didn’t think of Ukrainians as enemies.

Most of the army is dissatisfied with what is happening there. [They’re] dissatisfied with the government and their commander, with Putin and his policies, [and] with the defense minister, who isn’t serving in the army.

We have all become hostages of many forces and I believe that we got carried away. We started a terrible war. A war in which cities are destroyed and which leads to the deaths of children, women, and the elderly.

--> Pavel Filatiev

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/08/12/we-had-no-moral-right-to-attack-another-country

 

[evince]

And Putin hasn’t been seen in how long?

 

[BidenPresident]

The US had no right to invade Afghanistan or Iraq. Funny, huh?

 

[evince]

Afghanistan yes


Iraq no

 

[Cypress]

The US had no right to invade Afghanistan or Iraq. Funny, huh?

I am probably one of the handful of people on this board who was out in street protests against the Iraq war, and I didn't face prison or criminal prosection like Russian protestors did.

 

[BidenPresident]

I am probably one of the handful of people on this board who was out in street protests against the Iraq war and I didn't face prison or criminal prosection like Russian protestors did.

I see. Because you protested it made the wars not happen.

 

[Cypress]

I see. Because you protested it made the wars not happen.

It happened without my consent.

I've never believed in collective responsibility, because collective blame is what totalitarian systems do.

I have never held all Americans collectively responsible for Iraq, or all Russians collectively responsible for the "special operation"

 

[evince]

I see. Because you protested it made the wars not happen.

Where were you?

 

[evince]

How old were you when the march to war began?



Is it your fault too

 

[Walt]

We had no moral right to attack another country, especially the people closest to us. When all of this started, I knew few people who believed in Nazis and, moreover, wanted to fight against Ukraine. We didn’t have hatred and we didn’t think of Ukrainians as enemies.

Most of the army is dissatisfied with what is happening there. [They’re] dissatisfied with the government and their commander, with Putin and his policies, [and] with the defense minister, who isn’t serving in the army.

We have all become hostages of many forces and I believe that we got carried away. We started a terrible war. A war in which cities are destroyed and which leads to the deaths of children, women, and the elderly.

--> Pavel Filatiev

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/08/12/we-had-no-moral-right-to-attack-another-country

It is crazy that Republicans idolize Putin.

 

[Cypress]

It is crazy that Republicans idolize Putin.

Trump thought Putin was a genuis for invading Ukraine.

 

[Walt]

Trump thought Putin was a genuis for invading Ukraine.

trump thought Putin was a genius for invading Ukraine, and thought he, himself, was a very stable genius. Clearly trump has no idea what the word "genius" means.