As always, Phil Ochs called it back in 1968, from “Is There Anybody Here?”
Is there anybody here who thinks that following
The orders takes away the blame
Is there anybody here who wouldn’t
Mind a murder by another name
I said at the beginning of this war that I was afraid the conflict would be like a Unite the Right but for the whole of europe, an opportunity for fascist elements to rally together, and in this case be armed and trained alongside each other and gain combat experience, and then return to their countries ready to form fascist cells locally
Did it end up that they just mostly died or were maimed or defeated? Guess it depends how many fled
Weren’t a bunch of them Iraq vets who thought this war was going to be another one where they’d sit on a base, eating XBox and playing Burger King while remote bombing people who had no artillery or aircraft
EDIT: I switched “playing” and “eating” but I’m not going to fix it
EDIT 2: Of fucking course lmao
The new Bolivar Battalion, for example, was formed by fighters from Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina, and Colombia and was is led by a Venezuelan anti-government fighter.
eating XBox and playing Burger King
I honestly thought you did this on purpose as a joke
I cant imagine fighting for money “even” if the payday was great.
I mean isn’t that how all militaries work, unless they rely on a draft? Even on the Russian side a very large portion of the expeditionary force is contract troops and PMCs (at least before the Wagner kerfuffle), not conscripts .
professional regulars aren’t usually paid very well, its better and more stable than the prospect of un/underemployment, but they have to rely on benefits & patriotic claptrap as well.
