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You won't find a single country on this planet that wouldn't draft their citizens in a wartime situation while you're running out of soldiers. Not a single one.
And it would still be fucked up in every single one of those countries.
You won't also find a single country on this planet that isn't rooted on violence and that isn't ruled by corrupted politicians
True, but it's a spectrum, some countries are much more violent and corrupt than others. Arguably Russia ranks #1 in corruption, violence, and terrorism.
Russia's troll farms out here complaining about every other country, when they are globally causing the most problems.
Objection. I would argue that Saudi Arabia ranks #1 in corruption, violence and terrorism and since we are at it i would also want to point out that the west is a partner of SA and sell them plenty of weapons.
Is Russia the country that spends more money on psyops and propaganda?
Arguing who's less of a criminal or less of a dictator sounds like hitting the bottom of the barrel anyway and it's exactly the game these warlords want people to play.
Saudi Arabia is far up there, but Russia is still objectively worse.
The Russia simps like to "whataboutism" pretty much everyone else for doing smaller crimes than Russia. It's cliche, it's low IQ, Russia exports troll farms and nuclear terrorism, we get it.
cough cough North Korea cough cough
BATTLE-POPE, INITIATE COMBAT SEQUENCE.
FREEDOM FROM YOUR SINS IS NON NEGOTIABLE
Don't rest assured, for most of his history the vatican was a kingdom with his own army
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_the_Papal_States
Now, Facebook was evil. But, Facebook was different. The Meta Platforms, Inc., as it exists today, was only established in 2021.
/s, just in case you didn't pick up on my heavy use of it
I don't know shit about The Vatican, the pope, their history, or their dumbass religion (obviously, and on purpose!). Thanks for taking the time to respond to give me some insight. However, your comment reads to the layman like , "They changed their name and are way better now," and it'll read that way to almost anybody without your extensive knowledge of useless things.
Maybe it was your tone 🤷♂️
They changed their name
that's because the Vatican already drafts them to keep their heads in 1600, therefore they don't know what modern warfare is
Costa Rica doesn’t have an army
Running out of soldiers? I thought the Russians were a bunch of morons who can't do anything and the Ukrainians were beating their asses in their sleep? Why would they need more soldiers?
Pretty sure only you thought that
Guess you weren't paying attention to all the posts laughing about how the Russian military is so incompetent.