Western fighters in Ukraine are getting killed because they assumed the war would be easy, says a US veteran who fought there
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Many Western fighters who came to Ukraine expected an easy fight and weren't willing to learn new tactics to win at a disadvantage, a US veteran said.
  • SpaceDogs
    23·
    4 months ago

    No fucking way… they thought it’d be easy??? HOW?!

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
      29·
      4 months ago

      Remember all the western media talking about Russian army being on the verge of collapse incessantly?

      • LarkinDePark
        23·
        4 months ago

        They’re fighting with shovels and robbing refrigerators for parts to send back home. They ran out of ammunition after a month and the ghost of Kiev is picking them off from the sky.

    • OrnluWolfjarl
      28·
      4 months ago

      A combination of Western chauvinism, arrogance and gullibility.

    • REEEEvolution
      21·
      4 months ago

      They thought they would fight ill trained and equipped orcs rushing at them in waves to be gunned down.

      Instead they faced well trained and equipped soldiers, with much more artillery and air support than they have and no shortage of ammunition.

      • RedClouds
        13·
        4 months ago

        Westoids literally think it’s Lord of the Rings there! They took the orc comments too seriously.

        • REEEEvolution
          16·
          4 months ago

          Westerners believe themselves to be immune to propaganda, while actually the most propagandized people on earth.

          In their defense: Unless you check out alternative media, you only get to hear news straight out the Ukrainian HQ.