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[-] jack@hexbear.net 84 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Critical support to Biden in his effort to turn western mercenaries into mush

Do y'all remember what happened when US vets fought in Ukraine? These goons are toast against a real military.

[-] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 40 points 4 months ago

Do y'all remember what happened when US vets fought in Ukraine? These goons are toast against a real military.

I have bits and pieces of news (ironically) but I don't have a whole picture of their fate.

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 49 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Broadly speaking, many of them went in with the tacit assumption that the propaganda was all true (Russians 'astounded' by paved roads, constantly deserting, poorly equipped, etc), then when they actually started fighting they realized

A. That was horseshit (obviously) and

B. What happens when they're on the side that doesn't have air and armor superiority

There was a big post back when it started by some reddit-logo American pmc clown that posted about how his 'barracks' got bombed and how a ton of them were dead

[-] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 37 points 4 months ago

I remember the chud barracks incident, but it's hard to dig up actual links from so long ago. reddit-logo search being slopping piles of manure doesn't help.

[-] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think this is the guy, although the account is long deleted. ~~he had Medic or something in his username~~ He was going by u/spindokto and made a few posts over the Reddit Brigade saga

https://old.reddit.com/r/volunteersForUkraine/comments/tdmxqs/proof_for_everyone_in_denial/

(new and improved link; you lose all the dumbass reddit comments, but you can look at the pics he posted and his profile using waybackmachine link)

https://web.archive.org/web/20220314023107/https://old.reddit.com/r/volunteersForUkraine/comments/tdmxqs/proof_for_everyone_in_denial/

This was the 3rd or 4th post IIRC, directly after the Foreign Legion barracks got Iskander'd (or was it Kinzhal'd? I don't remember) and he was telling people to stay the fuck away because these weren't "a bunch of insurgents with AKs and Toyotas"

E) and for future reference, sometimes it's easier to search here for reddit posts as they get submitted to dunktank or whatever. That's how I got here, searching Hexbear comments for "Reddit Brigade" to find relevant thread, then look for reddit links in those threads.

E2) IIRC the next parts of his saga were admitting on reddit he and some other guys were going to disguise themselves as red cross to sneak out of the country. I don't think anyone here ever really kept tabs on them after that. Haven't been able to track down newer posts so far but I'm also losing interest so shrug-outta-hecks )

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago

The reddit volunteers that got blown up were just random idiots with no experience I believe. Whereas the ex military and mercenaries who realized they were too weak were smart enough to go back home to their comfortable lives after the first bomb dropped

[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

A real Reddit post from 2022

I want to fight for Ukraine. I have no military background and some live firearm experience. I do have over 100 hours of airsoft milsim experience though. It’s the closest thing to actual war. I’m familiar with military lingo and protocols (not sure if applicable cause I’m fighting for a foreign country). Knowledge on how to operate a variety of weaponry. I use high-end airsoft guns which are 1:1 or almost identical to the real thing. I did many roles in the milsim from combat medic to Forward observers and operated in a two-man sniper team.

I have my own gear (cammies, plate-carrier, plates, medkit, supplies). I have money for the trip and money for basic necessities. I will not leech off the UAF I will have my own stuff except a gun and ammunition.

I know basic Russian words, but will still need assistance or translation for any complex movements or tactical battle plans.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

Its so funny that some angloid (i presume) thinks his rudimentary Russian skills will be useful to a bunch of people who have intermingled with Russia for centuries.

I have no military background and some live firearm experience. I do have over 100 hours of airsoft milsim experience though. It’s the closest thing to actual war.

This is basically how Taiwan is training their civilian militias lol. The term “reddit island” now makes more sense

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[-] D61@hexbear.net 32 points 4 months ago

No air superiority and fighting a peer adversary makes being a mercenary less like a video game and more like WW1 trench fighting.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 4 months ago

The stories from those that made it back were really hilarious. They were absolutely shocked to find out that fighting a professional army is nothing like hunting civilians in Afghanistan.

[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 70 points 4 months ago

In the wise words of Joe Biden: "Joe Biden is a rabid dog, he should be beaten to death with a stick"

[-] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 47 points 4 months ago

Critical support for Joe in his struggle against Joe

[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago
[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 41 points 4 months ago

biden-horror Who is Joe? Is he the other Biden?

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[-] kristina@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Quick someone inform Kristi Noem that Biden is a dog

[-] aFairlyLargeCat@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago

Joe Biden is a rabid dog

pete

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 65 points 4 months ago

I wish all mercenaries a very popuko-hammer

[-] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago

Infinite Wagners on the FOG world

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago
[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago

Lmao I love the fact we got pop team epic emojis now

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

My friend, we have a broken emoji

Why do we have a Guns Akimbo emoji when I am 99% sure I made that movie during a drug fueled rampage?

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2004_Fallujah_ambush&diffonly=true

The four armed contractors, Scott Helvenston, Jerry Zovko, Wesley Batalona, and Mike Teague, were killed and dragged from their vehicles. Their bodies were beaten and burned, with their charred corpses then dragged through the city streets before being hanged over a bridge crossing the Euphrates River.

[-] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

The ambush led to the First Battle of Fallujah, a U.S.-led operation to retake control of the city. However, the battle was halted mid-way for political reasons, an outcome which commentators have described as insurgent victory.

rage-cry "W-we would've won if we weren't stabbed in the back! They didn't win, that's the lying fake news media!"

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[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

"Desecration of corpses..." waow-based

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 59 points 4 months ago

i wish those contractors a very geotagged social media post

[-] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 48 points 4 months ago

No way there isn't already US mercy there. I assume this means they're looking at starting a massive slushfund for much larger numbers.

Exactly! That is who most of the so-called "volunteers" actually are. And there are certain US-supplied weapons systems that Ukrainian conscripts have zero ability to operate in the first place (like Patriots and probably even HIMARS launchers). So when Russian forces blow them up (which they do), we can be fairly certain that US (or other NATO) "contractors" are getting killed (which they are).

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[-] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago

Of course there is, this is just a way to pay for them without any middle men

[-] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And potentially offer mercs with larger, more advanced hardware that couldnt remain under the radar. Academi has been building a private airforce for example.

[-] jack@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

Academi has been building a private airforce for example.

God damn you, Hideo Kojima

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[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 4 months ago

that's my reading as well

[-] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 46 points 4 months ago

If news like these come out its because everything is already settled. Fuck the imperialists

[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 45 points 4 months ago

war is a racket, after all.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 45 points 4 months ago

Good thing ~~Blackwater~~ ~~Xe~~ Academi are just military contractors. Imagine if we deployed mercenaries like Wagner.

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[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 37 points 4 months ago
[-] Zuzak@hexbear.net 31 points 4 months ago

Biden was the accelerationist candidate all along.

[-] betelgeuse@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

Oh boy expect a human trafficking story to come out of Ukraine in a few years.

[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

Ukraine has been bad like that for a while, hasn't it?

[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

yes, before the invasion ukraine was the human trafficking capitol of europe and there is a nice big un report on it somewhere if you google around

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[-] Hexphoenix@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago

Yesss dude, fuck yeah, send in some Americans to the meat grinder! lets-fucking-go

[-] Yor@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago

Figured this was coming eventually. It's already so far gone, idk what they think they'll change now

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago

Our Ubermensch Burger Soldiers will clear the way for the Ghost of Kyiv to finish the show

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

this is the equivalent of hiring temps so they don't count as employees on your taxes.

[-] healthkick@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

Fab(3000)ulous

[-] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

Just make sure you hide any of your relatives from them

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