Alyosha

@mediocremensch
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Australian Republican
Internationalist
Dem Soc, so... liberal, whatever...
He/they
Melbourne VIC
Show threadAlyoshaJul 8, 2023

Lastly, while we wring our hands over the spectre of friendlies using submunitions, their misuse in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos at the forefront of our reasoning, we might actually be able to witness their use on the battlefield, as intended, against actual bad guys to great effect, finally.

This war must end in Russian defeat.

Show threadAlyoshaJul 8, 2023
War is not an inherently moral enterprise. The moratorium on this or that disappears when you're on the receiving end of an invasion.
If Russia had refrained from using cluster munitions against Ukraine from the start this might not have become an issue.
Unfortunately the West is playing catch-up.
AlyoshaJul 8, 2023
For those concerned about the US supplying cluster munitions to Ukraine I have to ask why they think 1) that the ZSU would fire them at populated urban centres or 2) how their application in any way enormously increases the danger to civilians in what is arguably the most-mined region on earth.
AlyoshaJun 12, 2023
*Bunga-bungas solemnly*
AlyoshaJun 12, 2023
Via Hromadske a look at evacuation efforts ongoing in the flooded areas downstream of the Russian-caused Nova Khakova dam disaster.
If there's one thing I've noticed is that Ukrainian men and their cats cannot be separated.
https://youtu.be/A9ZNgIzFJzE
Евакуація під обстрілами: рятувальна місія в Херсоні / hromadske

YouTube
Show threadAlyoshaJun 1, 2023
Plus, you know who else was a Corporal...
Show threadAlyoshaJun 1, 2023

I will buy his useless VC and smelt it down into a tiny Crimean War-era Russian cannon.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/01/ben-roberts-smith-loses-defamation-case-with-judge-saying-newspapers-established-truth-of-some-murders

Ben Roberts-Smith loses defamation case, with judge finding former SAS soldier committed war crimes

Justice Anthony Besanko found newspapers established substantial or contextual truth of allegations of murders of unarmed civilians in Afghanistan

The Guardian
Show threadAlyoshaJun 1, 2023
Also, the fact that the domestic violence accusations against him were not considered defamatory given the more heinous established war crimes is darkly funny.
Bro, you murdered six people. We guess you're probs a wife-beater too.
Show threadAlyoshaJun 1, 2023
Ben Robert-Smith's actions were like those you'd have expected from a sociopathic conscript. If your most talented soldiers can't even refrain from murdering civilians then it's possible the regiment requires a bit of modernisation.
AlyoshaJun 1, 2023
We love seeing a Victoria Cross recipient being ruled as a war criminal by the Federal Court in a defamation case he started, don't we folks.