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Robert Billyard's avatar

Thank you George! I have often wondered how many of the troops, mercenary or otherwise, understand what they are fighting for. For Russian troops it is a clear case of defending their homeland against imperialist aggression. For Ukraine, it was duped into being a proxy for Washington and it has a history of using proxies to fight its war and doing its dirty work.

One reason the US lost in Vietnam was many of its troops knew it was an imperialist war serving no noble purpose and unwilling to make the sacrifice.

Imperialist wars never have been and never will be worthy causes. All they do is underscore the medieval barbarism of the war mongers who start them.

What is blocking the peace now is Washington's pathetic refusal to take responsibility for a war it provoked and lost. It hasn't got the balls to admit it lost a war to Russia as its favorite scapegoat and whipping boy of the last forty years. So goes the decline and dementia of empires.

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Douglas McClenaghan's avatar

Got what was coming to him. A bloody fool.

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