Russia extends further east than China does. Eastern Russia and Siberia are full of people who look East Asian cos they are. Also, Putin deployed a load of eastern russian battalions to Ukraine.
Yep, Russia is an imperial nation and many of the peoples beyond the Urals or just north of the Caspian are just Turkmen and Mongols, some of whom like the Tuvan still practice Buddhism. Napoleon's veterans who survived Russia said on the retreat they would get harassed by central Asian cavalry still fighting as horse archers in the early 19th century.
I know that, I was just wondering if it's the official BBC site. I've read the book of a WW1 Australian Major named Seaforth Simpson MacKenzie on how the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force captured German New Guinea in 1914 (its title: The Australians at Rabaul). A good read by the way. The proclamation of the annexation was also announced to the Papuans and it's beyond hilarious:
The batty bwoys should've been more careful about what they wished for when Don't Ask Don't Tell got repealed, and later the ban on troons overturned.
If I ever get caught up in a draft, plan D for getting out is to use my knowledge of Munchausen's from years of observing lolcows. I'll get myself declared unfit due to EDS, fibro, schizophrenia, gluten intolerance, and water allergies.
A. Ride it out in Jamaica.
B. Prove I'm not US a citizen.
C. Join pacifist church
D. Munchausen's
E. Batty bwoy
F. Shoot self in foot
Holy shit, they're still rolling with the "Russian warship, go fuck yourself" line even though they admitted that was bullshit. View attachment 3034630
Is it fully deboonked? I thought they survived but they really did tell the warship to go fuck itself and then surrendered after a few bombs got dropped on them.
The batty bwoys should've been more careful about what they wished for when Don't Ask Don't Tell got repealed, and later the ban on troons overturned.
If I ever get caught up in a draft, plan D for getting out is to use my knowledge of Munchausen's from years of observing lolcows. I'll get myself declared unfit due to EDS, fibro, schizophrenia, gluten intolerance, and water allergies.
A. Ride it out in Jamaica.
B. Prove I'm not US a citizen.
C. Join pacifist church
D. Munchausen's
E. Batty bwoy
F. Shoot self in foot
Read "Good soldier Schweik" ... most army doctors know all the shit you can think of and then some. You are not the only one.
In Russia, there are attorneys who specialize in essentially getting you out of draft. It's not cheap, but there a good number of them with known methods. Back in Soviet days it was more brutal finger amputations etc. to get out of draft when afganistan was on.
Is it fully deboonked? I thought they survived but they really did tell the warship to go fuck itself and then surrendered after a few bombs got dropped on them.
Holy shit, they're still rolling with the "Russian warship, go fuck yourself" line even though they admitted that was bullshit. View attachment 3034630
on contrary, there is overwhelming public support and anger for this. That's the main fail that western arm chair generals don't understand. No one is forcing anyone, there are plenty of ways to run away to avoid conflict. No one is holding anyone at gun point to fight.
multiple reports have come of ukranian males trying to get out of the country and getting stopped at the border, so that's straight up bullshit right there. and while I agree there's more willingness to fight than usual, you're a goddamn idiot for believing you're all literally willing to die a fiery death from your own molotovs or that every mayor that surrenders their city is a literal traitor for not wanting everyone in it to be flattened by artillery in a glorious death, like some hivemind.
Holy shit, they're still rolling with the "Russian warship, go fuck yourself" line even though they admitted that was bullshit. View attachment 3034630
IDGAF if I'm doubleposting.
They told them to go fuck themselves but were still captured alive. This is not unprecedented. Surrendering troops have told capturing troops to fuck off before, especially if they have good reason to believe the Geneva Convention will apply. And modern militaries do have good reason to obey the GC. The UN can't enforce it, but if one side breaks it, the other will return in kind.
Russia extends further east than China does. Eastern Russia and Siberia are full of people who look East Asian cos they are. Also, Putin deployed a load of eastern russian battalions to Ukraine.
Yeah if you look at old WW2 footage of Russians you'll note there are quite a few Mongol looking Soviets. Hitler and his cronies referred to Russians as the "Asiatic horde(s)" for a reason.
Also as people mentioned in the Kazakhstan happening thread a while ago, governments with varied ethnic forces will always send those units to police or put down civil disturbances comprised of different ethnicity; it's a lot easier for them to prosecute their duties over people who don't look like them.
Is it fully deboonked? I thought they survived but they really did tell the warship to go fuck itself and then surrendered after a few bombs got dropped on them.
multiple reports have come of ukranian males trying to get out of the country and getting stopped at the border, so that's straight up bullshit right there. and while I agree there's more willingness to fight than usual, you're a goddamn idiot for believing you're all literally willing to die a fiery death from your own molotovs or that every mayor that surrenders their city is a literal traitor for not wanting everyone in it to be flattened by artillery in a glorious death, like some hivemind.