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Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)
38. Tell us how your really feel
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 02:39 AM
Mar 2022

Last edited Fri Mar 11, 2022, 12:41 PM - Edit history (2)

I want Russia to be defeated by Ukraine too.

But sending captured soldiers home "in body bags" would be a war crime, and would make Ukrainians no better than Putin's thugs.

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
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