A Jan. 6 rioter tried to join the Russian military to fight against Ukraine, feds say
Just a moment...
Kevin Loftus should be sent to jail for violating the terms of his probation, prosecutors told a judge.
Is he aware about the Russian meat wave tactics? He could end up as more "meat" in an unsuccessful assault raid.
Shhhhh, don't spoil this.
They'd keep him alive as a propaganda piece.
Obviously MSM propaganda!1
Didn't an American join the Russian army and then they beat him up, accusing him of being a spy? Can't even remember whether they killed him.
Damn, the leopards didn't stop at his face!
On some level I kind of respect that dedication, even if this person's clearly not thinking things through.
Most people in this country are keyboard commandos who support any war that their preferred news program tells them to until someone wants them to go fight it.
Someone wanting to potentially kill people for the wrong reasons is not worthy of respect.
If you feel so American you think it’s time to overthrow the government, then how does joining the Russian military factor in?
From where I’m sitting it doesn’t look American at all but like you’re the personal follower of a single man.
I’d be really interested in seeing this man’s mental health evaluation.
If you feel so American you think it’s time to overthrow the government, then how does joining the Russian military factor in?
I have a feeling the answer starts with a Q and gets really weird, really quickly.
I’m guessing your subtly criticising people who support Ukraine’s defence from Russian imperialism?
Just a hunch, if not, I’m sorry, a lot of people who support Russian imperialism on lemmy.
Yes, I'm criticizing. I'm anti-war, and I've always found it silly how people in our country view war like they do a football game, and the only time we've ever seen any real resistance to foreign entanglements is when we made people go fight the war themselves.
But if there's a widespread enlistment and Americans do explicitly sign up to go fight for Ukraine, however unlikely, I'll gladly change my position.
tankie confirmed
I want to know why anyone would do that. It's not like Ukraine is so woke literal neonazis haven't gone over there to get military training.
Is he like "Only Russia is fascist enough for me"?
Which one started an offensive war and land grab?
I am not questioning that Russia is bad. I am questioning why a conservative would fight for the side that is treasonous to join and might literally kill you when the other side is also willing to train even the most far-right radicals.
E: What's with the downvotes? Am I supposed to pretend that Ukraine doesn't have a problem with the far right?
Why is it not surprising that an insurrectionist would up and leave to join an ally's enemy in yet another act of treason?
His punishment should be that they let him.