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I don't have to play your stupid games. The vast majority of Russian soldiers are/were not convicts but either people who voluntarily joined their country's army to make a living like your friend did or civilians who were drafted/conscripted. Most of them also did not kill or rape anyone like your friend. They probably would say they swept snow in a snowstorm instead.
Yet they still enable Russia's attack on Ukraine. So did your friend with regards to USA's attacks on Iraq, Afghanistan etc. Your friend is not better than them because he is your friend nor because he is American.
You mean my friend who was only ever in stationed in Texas?
Yeah you sure are good at determining my 'stupid games', you really got me there buddy. At least I know what to tag you.
Your friend is by your own logic then as innocent of the killing in that war is Putin is of the killing in Ukraine. He hasn't shot anyone, just like your friend.
The plural of anecdote is NOT data.
There certainly exists Russian military personnel that did not serve outside Russia. I bet you would not consider them as innocent as your friend.
Tag me a Russian shillbot if it makes you feel better.
Why would you assume this?
Beyond which, to hate the U.S. military for their crimes one must hate the Russian military for theirs — lest they make themselves out to be a hypocrite. I don't care if you want to call out the U.S. military, do not act like the Russians are guiltless or somehow deserving of compassion. I will feel no more compassion for them than I will U.S. soldiers in the event of an invasion of Canada or Greenland.
I never acted as if the Russians are guiltless for invading Ukraine, it's you that's acting as if Americans are guiltless for invading Iraq. That said both peoples are still human.
Care to explain why you disregard the invasion of Iraq that's already happened and focus on a hypothetical invasion of Canada or Greenland?