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Flaleftist

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33. Maybe offer any Russian troops who surrender asylum?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 10:59 PM

Mar 2022

If they know they will die if they are captured, that would make it more likely they would fight to the death. If they know they have a chance at a life somewhere else, many might surrender. A cash payment along with asylum might help. Offer them citizenship somewhere else and $100K. That's 10 billion for 100,000, which I recall is about the current Russian force deployed there.

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Captured Russian soldiers: We will be 'dead' if we are sent back home [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2022 OP

Damn . .. Lovie777 Mar 2022 #1

Perhaps they should have deserted and turned themselves in before Quakerfriend Mar 2022 #2

Real morale booster, hu? SheltieLover Mar 2022 #3

Yup. Not how you win over people's hearts and minds.... paleotn Mar 2022 #24

No kidding! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #25

Sign them up and turn them around. dchill Mar 2022 #4

Offer them Ukrainian citizenship for fighting against Russian orcs. roamer65 Mar 2022 #5

Yep. EndlessWire Mar 2022 #7

Pretty sure bombing civilians violates some convention. Raven123 Mar 2022 #6

Geneva Conventions, yes. róisín_dubh Mar 2022 #40

Taking "flog 'em until morale improves" to a new low. sarge43 Mar 2022 #8

Here is a press conference by some captured Russians mysteryowl Mar 2022 #9

Fine. BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #10

They are mostly conscripts, meaning they had no choice in joining, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #17

Nope. BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #21

So you think the conscripts are the same as voluntary soldiers? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #39

So you want Ukraine to commit war crimes? Dopers_Greed Mar 2022 #19

I stand by what I said. BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #22

Tell us how your really feel Dopers_Greed Mar 2022 #38

Re-read your post carefully. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #44

It would be much more productive to give them an incentive to surrender. Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #26

They are intentionally killing babies and bombing hospitals BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #29

I'm pretty sure those are not the regular infantry. Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #36

I hear you, but...... paleotn Mar 2022 #27

They are intentionally killing women and children BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #30

Understood, but it's not that simple. paleotn Mar 2022 #31

It is that simple. BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #32

Offer a chance at life by turning their guns WhiteTara Mar 2022 #45

is this how a dictator treats his troops? YoshidaYui Mar 2022 #11

Our dictator here Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #13

well, to be fair ... YoshidaYui Mar 2022 #43

What a way to treat your servicemen iemanja Mar 2022 #12

Stalin did that too. PatrickforB Mar 2022 #14

Beat me to it. I was going to say that this is reminiscent of PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #16

I first learned this when I read Dmitri Volkogonov's excellent 1996 PatrickforB Mar 2022 #37

In The Russian Revolution, Too ProfessorGAC Mar 2022 #46

Stable geniuses think alike. Marcuse Mar 2022 #15

100% Russian puppet dalton99a Mar 2022 #35

Defect then and tell us your secrets. nt Samrob Mar 2022 #18

They don't know jack shit. They didn't even know they were headed to Kyiv. nt SunSeeker Mar 2022 #23

Of course. Fucking Insane Cha Mar 2022 #20

Maybe Ukraine could offer them eventual asylum if they agree to serve Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #28

Maybe offer any Russian troops who surrender asylum? Flaleftist Mar 2022 #33

Wow, great parents. Are they the ones who have already planned his funeral or is it the state? smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #34

Does Russia still execute soldiers they see as failures? Hav Mar 2022 #41

Tradition... if Stalin did it it must whistler162 Mar 2022 #42