I would argue the vast majority. Don't underestimate the amount of propaganda they go through.
I feel sad seeing all deaths in this war. I just feel less sad when it's the invaders.
And yet you felt the need to try and make it about the poor, poor soldiers who are regularly killing Ukranian civilians to stroke Putin's ego.
I mean now you're just pivoting from the standard soldier, which we are taking about, to the ones committing the war crimes. Which isn't an insignificant amount and I won't try to excuse their behavior but I don't think it's fair to say all of them are war criminals.
But for the standard Russian soldier hanging out in a trench after getting swept off the streets in some minority region of Russia and pushed straight to the front lines and getting a grenade dropped on him from a drone; Yes, I feel a bit bad for them.
It's important to keep our own humanity in the face of barbaric actions. Like I said, I'm glad those soldiers are gone. At the same time, I realize that a lot of them were forced to be there. A lot of them genuinely believed they were on the right side as they lay there dying.
I would argue the vast majority. Don't underestimate the amount of propaganda they go through.
I feel sad seeing all deaths in this war. I just feel less sad when it's the invaders.
And yet you felt the need to try and make it about the poor, poor soldiers who are regularly killing Ukranian civilians to stroke Putin's ego.
I mean now you're just pivoting from the standard soldier, which we are taking about, to the ones committing the war crimes. Which isn't an insignificant amount and I won't try to excuse their behavior but I don't think it's fair to say all of them are war criminals.
But for the standard Russian soldier hanging out in a trench after getting swept off the streets in some minority region of Russia and pushed straight to the front lines and getting a grenade dropped on him from a drone; Yes, I feel a bit bad for them.
It's important to keep our own humanity in the face of barbaric actions. Like I said, I'm glad those soldiers are gone. At the same time, I realize that a lot of them were forced to be there. A lot of them genuinely believed they were on the right side as they lay there dying.