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This is why you should not volunteer for either side in Ukraine vs Russia
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:27 am
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:27 am
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Pro-Kremlin Texan Russell Bentley, who fought for Russia, found dead in Ukraine
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The missing American who’d traveled to Ukraine years ago to aid Russian separatists in Donbas was found dead in the country’s war-torn eastern region.
The body of Russell Bentley, a 64-year-old U.S. Army vet, was recovered in the Russian-controlled region of Donetsk Oblast, Reuters reported.
Between 2014 and 2017, Bentley — a self-proclaimed communist from Austin, Texas — fought alongside pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.
He had not taken part in the fighting since the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
The former pothead, who used “Texas” as his military call-sign, left behind a yoga instructor girlfriend to travel to Ukraine.
He utilized crowdfunding sites to finance his trip, and had since become a Russian citizen.
He also got married after moving to Ukraine, where he began working as a reporter for the state-owned Sputnik news agency.
Margarita Simonyan, head of Russia’s state media outlet RT, confirmed Bentley’s death Friday, noting he had been “fighting there for our guys.”
Simonyan did not disclose how Bentley died.
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Conflicting reports suggest Bentley was abducted by Russian soldiers and killed, possibly because they thought he was an American spy.
On social media, unsubstantiated claims circulated saying Bentley was raped prior to his murder, and was either shot eight times in the head or decapitated.
Bentley is said to have vanished while helping the victims of a Ukrainian strike on Donetsk.
Two years ago, Bentley was profiled in a Rolling Stone article titled “The Bizarre Story of How a Hardcore Texas Leftist Became a Frontline Putin Propagandist.”
This post was edited on 4/21/24 at 10:31 am
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:28 am to stout
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Raped
Yikes
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:34 am to stout
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a self-proclaimed communist from Austin, Texas
Dead? Oh well.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:42 am to stout
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raped prior to his murder,
You think it was chicks or did a guy frick him?
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:45 am to stout
You hate to see it
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:49 am to stout
I wondered what happened to OMLandshark
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:51 am to stout
Someone raped that guy?
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:52 am to stout
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a self-proclaimed communist from Austin, Texas
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found dead
I cannot think of a happier scenario than this if I spent 100 years thinking of happy scenarios.
This post was edited on 4/21/24 at 10:53 am
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:52 am to stout
RIP BoarEd
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:55 am to stout
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Between 2014 and 2017, Bentley — a self-proclaimed communist from Austin, Texas — fought alongside pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.
Oh. Yeah. I won't shed a tear, then.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:57 am to stout
Dumbass reaching the end of his life in a dumbass way…Who could have predicted that?
This post was edited on 4/21/24 at 10:58 am
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:57 am to stout
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a self-proclaimed communist from Austin
A what?
From Austin?
No way...
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:59 am to stout
Play stupid games….
That said, I’ll always cut a little bit of slack to these types who actually try and walk their talk instead of just cheering and chirping loudly from the safety of their basements.
So he’s still (was) a dumbarse but at least he put his own dumbarse over there.
That said, I’ll always cut a little bit of slack to these types who actually try and walk their talk instead of just cheering and chirping loudly from the safety of their basements.
So he’s still (was) a dumbarse but at least he put his own dumbarse over there.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 11:01 am to stout
He died doing what he loved.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 11:05 am to stout
Well Texas is down one communist so there's that.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 11:10 am to stout
Reminds me of my favorite Russia joke:
Commissar says to farmer: 'Comrade, how are the crops?"
Farmer: 'Great! If you piled up the potatoes they would reach the sky all the way to God.'
Commissar: 'This is Soviet Union. There is no God.'
Farmer: 'Oh, that's OK. There are no potatoes.'
Commissar says to farmer: 'Comrade, how are the crops?"
Farmer: 'Great! If you piled up the potatoes they would reach the sky all the way to God.'
Commissar: 'This is Soviet Union. There is no God.'
Farmer: 'Oh, that's OK. There are no potatoes.'
Posted on 4/21/24 at 11:25 am to stout
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a self-proclaimed communist
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from Austin, Texas
Checks out.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 11:53 am to stout
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a self-proclaimed communist
If this happened ten years ago, he may have been lauded as an idealistic hero.
I’m old enough to remember when the MSM and progressive left feigned alarm over the rise of Neo-Nazism in the Ukraine:
Azov fighters are Ukraine's greatest weapon and may be its greatest threat: The battalion's far-right volunteers' desire to 'bring the fight to Kiev' is a danger to post-conflict stability…
"I have nothing against Russian nationalists, or a great Russia," said Dmitry, as we sped through the dark Mariupol night in a pickup truck, a machine gunner positioned in the back. "But Putin's not even a Russian. Putin's a Jew."
This post was edited on 4/21/24 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 4/21/24 at 12:47 pm to stout
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Simonyan did not disclose how Bentley died.
We can rule out starvation
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