The Secret History of the War in Ukraine

Re:The Secret History of the War in Ukraine by nonrandomstring on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @12:15PM (#43558314)

And sitting on an airfield for months at a time bored senseless, it used to be cool to paint insulting platitudes like "Eat this MOFO" on munitions. Now:

1) Blowing kids to smithereens must be done in a politically correct fashion, even while violating the Geneva convention.

2) Nobody is sure who the enemy will actually be next week, so it would be shame to have to repaint them.

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Re:The Secret History of the War in Ukraine by psunavy03 on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @12:38PM (#43558558)

> even while violating the Geneva convention.

Uhh . . . yeah, no. As someone who served, that's flat-out offensive.

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Re:The Secret History of the War in Ukraine by nonrandomstring on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @01:29PM (#43559110)

You don't need to take umbridge because your story is not everyones story. Unless you're claiming to speak for every serving person on the planet since 1949?

Now think, what do you suppose is the reason someone getting chewed out for scribbling on a shell really is when those are being used in a dubious theatre? (hint: attribution) The absurdity is the real crime.

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Re:The Secret History of the War in Ukraine by linkregister on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @12:47PM (#43558646)

I assure you the United States armed forces still write raunchy phrases on materiel.

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