re: This is why you should not volunteer for either side in Ukraine vs Russia

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a self-proclaimed communist

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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."