• davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    16 days ago

    Nawrocki spent 20 years in the Marine Corps before retiring in 2021, and was deployed on several missions to Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, and California.

    Nawrocki, also known as “Fat Stacks” by his colleagues in the Marines, was a gunnery sergeant at the Marine Barracks Washington.

    He died fighting for what he believed in, imperialism and fat stacks.

    International Legion For the Defense of Ukraine

    Families of fallen soldiers receive a compensation of 15 million UAH, which is approximately $400,000.

    You get the standard pay of a Ukrainian soldier and it varies depending on the conditions of the service. Your payment will be in UAH currency to a local bank account. The approximate amount in USD is the following: $550 per/month behind the frontline, $1100 per/month for service in a dangerous zone, and up to $4800 per/month for combat deployment. Please note, that those numbers are just an approximation since exchange rates can change and also some roles and units receive additional bonuses.

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      16 days ago

      Classic Ukrainian imperialism…

      Also, classic enlisted soldier get rich quick scheme: dying just to get the death benefits.

      Wait a minute…what now?

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        16 days ago

        US imperialism, for which Ukraine is a pawn. This is the proxy war that the US has wanted for decades, with the goal of regime change and/or the Balkanization of Russia.

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          So what you’re saying is that Russia has no agency, and their invasion of Ukraine is NOT it imperial in nature.

          In fact, they’re only seizing Ukrainian territory to add to their own, because of the United States. And that somehow negates any aspect of Russian imperialism.

          Well that makes sense, because I know one thing about Russia, and that it’s definitely not a stitched together country of conquered and subjugated people’s.

          Or, hear me out, maybe it’s possible for both the United States and Russia, to wage imperial wars of aggression. Just because the United States is an imperial power, that doesn’t preclude any other great powers from acting on their own delusions of empire.