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minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down6·4 months agoUnarmed protest will not stop putin
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down4·4 months agoWill they though? Last I checked, the EU mostly underfunds their military. They dont even meet nato obligations
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoThis is rapidly changing, all thanks to Putin.
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down12·4 months agoSeems Ukrainian stopped it pretty well without having civilians carrying military weapons outside of military duty.
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·4 months agoNot true at all. Ukraine was handing out AKs like candy to any citizen willing to fight for several days before the invasion.
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·4 months agoBecause they were expecting a foreign military invasion, it still is military duty.
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoNope. A civilian fighting in a war does not make them part of the military. It makes them a civilian fighting in a war.
Unarmed protest will not stop putin
…the military will.
Will they though? Last I checked, the EU mostly underfunds their military. They dont even meet nato obligations
This is rapidly changing, all thanks to Putin.
Seems Ukrainian stopped it pretty well without having civilians carrying military weapons outside of military duty.
Not true at all. Ukraine was handing out AKs like candy to any citizen willing to fight for several days before the invasion.
Because they were expecting a foreign military invasion, it still is military duty.
Nope. A civilian fighting in a war does not make them part of the military. It makes them a civilian fighting in a war.