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Andrew Webber was a Former US Army Officer Who Fought for Ukraine. His Story is Inspiring

Posted on 3/1/24 at 11:56 am
Posted by RFK
Mar-a-Lago
Member since May 2012
2680 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 11:56 am
Andrew Webber was a West Point graduate and former U.S. Army infantry officer. He had three deployments while an Army officer, held two commands, and received many awards including the Purple Heart.

After Putin’s invasion he left his job as a corporate lawyer in Seattle and volunteered to fight for Ukraine. Before his death he gave his body armor to one of his Ukrainian teammates. Shortly after, he was fatally injured in an area where his armor would have protected him. Andrew was killed fighting in Ukraine in July 2023.

I think this is a great example of how the American spirit sides with Ukraine’s right to self-autonomy and their resistance to Russia’s invasion.

I expect we will always arogue over how to best support Ukraine, including how much money or arms to send. But I hope all Americans reflect on what Ukraine is facing and how their willingness to fight for their own freedom deserves our support, especially since our country was founded as a resistance to oppression from a more powerful nation.

Andrew’s story is sad but inspiring.

Remembering Andrew Webber
Posted by Doosh606
The DC
Member since Apr 2008
3237 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 11:57 am to
Oh boy this is not going to go well
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
42912 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 11:59 am to
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I think this is a great example of how the American spirit sides with Ukraine’s right to self-autonomy and their resistance to Russia’s invasion.


It’s an example of a guy that probably didn’t know what to do with his life after the Army and ended up throwing it away for a useless war. If he had lived to be an old man he’d look back at how stupid that was.
Posted by texas tortilla
houston
Member since Dec 2015
3998 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:01 pm to
america is not ukraines friend. ukraine will be destroyed because america wanted to use them to hit on russia. this whole thing could have been avoided.
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
66460 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:03 pm to
Imagine supporting a bunch of Azov nazis, lol.






Posted by Flats
Member since Jul 2019
26888 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:03 pm to
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their willingness to fight for their own freedom deserves our support


Nope. Credit to the guy as he did something instead of putting a yellow and blue flag as his Instagram avatar, but I don’t owe Ukraine anything.
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
19802 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:04 pm to
I loved Phantom of the Opera, but I thought Cats was stupid.
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Posted by Eurocat
Member since Apr 2004
16534 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:08 pm to
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It’s an example of a guy that probably didn’t know what to do with his life after the Army and ended up throwing it away for a useless war


He was a lawyer in a large firm in Seattle. Hardly the type you could describe as "not knowing what to do" after the service.
Posted by BlackPawnMartyr
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2010
16152 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:11 pm to
Ukranians were stupid thinking they were going to allow Western aggression to put bases in their lands and a navy base in crimea and Russia would just sit around and let that happen. They fricked around and now they are finding out. Paying the iron price for letting themself be a pawn between 2 powers. When this nato war is over they will lose close to half of their country, a shite ton of people, and whats left will be enslaved to Blackrock. Such a stupid stupid decision.
Posted by Great Plains Drifter
Flyover, U.S.A.
Member since Jul 2019
8671 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:12 pm to
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I think this is a great example of how the American spirit sides with DC’s right to preserve its assets and their fanatical desire to continue throwing Ukrainian men into the meat grinder in order to do so.


FIFU. I will give Webber credit for walking the talk and his own arse on the line.

Perhaps you and other war fanbois should consider his example instead of your chosen tact to guilt/chide others on an anonymous message board from the comfort of your living room.
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
66460 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:13 pm to
Mearsheimer absolutely nailed it.
Ukraine is going to get wrecked.
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
87450 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:15 pm to
quote:

He was a lawyer in a large firm in Seattle. Hardly the type you could describe as "not knowing what to do" after the service.


He had been a combat soldier with multiple deployments.

After that, being a corporate attorney in Seattle could’ve scarcely been what anyone would define as a rush.
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
20943 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:16 pm to
From West Point to fighting alongside Nazis.
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
20090 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:17 pm to
Weren't there Americans who fought for the Nazi's in WWII? Maybe the Fuerher's claims were legit?
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
9526 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:19 pm to
quote:

expect we will always arogue over how to best support Ukraine


He’s on the same list as all the Lincoln Brigade fools in the Spanish Civil War: men that died for nothing.
Posted by BlackPawnMartyr
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2010
16152 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:19 pm to
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From West Point to russian fertilizer
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
9526 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:22 pm to
quote:

Weren't there Americans who fought for the Nazi's in WWII? Maybe the Fuerher's claims were legit?


In both the Heer AND the Waffen SS.

The WSS had volunteer units from several European and even some Asian countries.
Posted by coolpapaboze
Parts Unknown
Member since Dec 2006
20616 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:28 pm to
I've heard good things about Phantom of the Opera.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
109600 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:29 pm to
The chandelier scene will take your breath away.
Posted by Captain Rumbeard
Member since Jan 2014
6307 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:31 pm to
frick Ukraine and frick this idiot for dying for that grift mill.
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