VeleV wrote:witness wrote:VeleV wrote:I have many Russian (or surrounding ex Soviet countries) friends and I guess speak to some of them. Your average Russian did not want this war (unless they were brainwashed since little kids into fighting for it)
Ofcourse you have to defend your land but I was talking about suicide missions! I was not talking about your average soldiers.
Very gregarious person
Before "I have many German friends " Now "I have many Russian friends " .
That's fine of course. But doesn't he self - contradict at times ?
First
Well that is also hard to believe since the fact that most drafted into the Red Army didn't want to be in the Red Army
and second
Ofcourse you have to defend your land but I was talking about suicide missions! I was not talking about your average soldiers
I have friends from many countires due to my background - i was born in Poland but have Russian as well as German roots soo hehe I always stuck with my own which ment with people all over
How is it self contradicting to have MANY GERMAN and MANY RUSSIAN friends? Is this not allowed or something?!
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Oh you missed the point .Nothing is contradictory in having friends of different ethnic backgrounds of course.
Look up at your two susequent quotes and figure it out where was the contradiction.
As for the first quote you make it sound like you never spoke to any Russians - most were drafted because they had to!
I never spoke to any Russian ?
My relatives on the both maternal and paternal sides fought in this war.
My father went to the pilot school voluntarily before his drafted age .
Peolpe were defending their land against invaders.
Do you think that the Poles who fought the Nazis were drafted against their will ?
You would not accomplish much with the army in which as you wrote "most " were drafted against their will.