Where do they get the impression that the US has what takes in terms of individual valor either? We haven't fought a war against a near peer with our own troops since WW2. US soldiers can be bloodthirsty and cruel, but where have they had valor? Didn't American troops run from the bloodshed in Ukraine with their tails between their legs or did my memory make that up? (I'm actually seriously asking that question as I don't remember if I read that in an article with sources or just a comment here sometime.)

Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba all showed communist soldiers fighting with more valor against a technologically and economically more powerful USA.

I'm sorry this is off topic but that implication really fucking pisses me off.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, early on there was a lot of US volunteers getting rocked because they were expecting to have a similar situation to fighting an insurgent force in Afghanistan or Iraq

But Ukraine didn't provide proper air or artillery support and basically used them as meat shields against the Russians, who did have those things

Hence the untimely end of the 1st Armored Reddit Brigade

[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 29 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Did they even get into combat? I thought the barracks ate a cruise missile because they posted the location online.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There were multiple incidents of this

Veteran volunteers were used as irregulars in the fields, they got their shit rocked and one literally hoofed it out of Ukraine on foot because he was scared to get sent back into combat

The 1st Armored Reddit Brigade were all in a base that got attacked because they wouldn't stop posting

The cruise missile happened to another group of volunteers who wouldn't stop posting

It's kind of funny that they don't learn

[–] coolusername@hexbear.net 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

American mercs? a lot have died in ukraine. there's a telegram channel dedicated to tracking mercs in Ukraine
the subreddit volunteersforukraine has probably gotten quite a lot of people killed

[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 15 points 3 days ago

I was talking about the reddit brigade specifically

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