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[-] [email protected] 61 points 8 months ago

Bentley, a 64-year-old self-identified communist from Dallas, Texas, joined pro-Russian separatists in 2014 to combat Ukrainian forces. He went missing in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in April and was subsequently discovered dead.

https://united24media.com/latest-news/american-pro-kremlin-fighter-russell-bentley-tortured-to-death-by-russian-soldiers-2477

[-] [email protected] 62 points 8 months ago

Did he not know that Russia isn't communist?!

[-] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago

I don't think a tankie from Texas can be assumed to know anything

[-] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago

Tankies aren't communist. Neither are leninists. Their only ideological stance is to be anti west/America. Even if that means aiding fascists whom they have more in common with anyhow. Of which there's historical precedence.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

They do pretend to be communist though.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Absolutely. Like the economic liberals that larp as libertarians. What they call themselves and what they do are completely opposed.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

Must be like the .ml "communist"s who love authoritarianism so much they'll pretend state capitalism is leftist.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago

Why is a 64 year old going to war?

[-] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago

The four soldiers were arrested and will likely serve their sentence through forced military service on their tank. So yeah...

[-] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

Might get sent to the front of the line if we're lucky.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago

Dumbass Cowboy.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

Alexander Korobko suggested that Bentley’s abduction was because he was mistaken for a spy

[-] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

And nothing of value was lost

[-] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Hmm. A tankie finding their way to Russia? How? What possible connection to Russians could a 64 year old Texan have????? I'm so baffled!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

From what I gather, he didn't. He joined ~~a bunch of dipshits~~ the so-called DNR's militia. It's still a quesion how he got there in the first place, as it would require him to transit through Russia, which in turn would require a Russian visa, which isn't that easy to get and immigration is one of few things that Russia actually cares and is very strict about. And after all that, hesomehow had to illegally cross the Ukrainian border... Some hefty bribes took place, no doubt about it.

By the way, a thing to note is that Russian police is infamous for making up cases, and also for beating and torturing out testimonies for something that people didn't do. The convicts and their families now deny allegations and claim the case was fabricated. But, at the same time, it is extremely rare for an entire group of closely connected people to be arrested under such false premises. Just wanted to point that out so there is no double standard of accusing Russia of lying about everything, but then just taking some random statement at face value.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago
[-] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

It links now. Lemmy spazzed out a lot

Didn't upload my picture when I first posted

Removed the article link when I edited to add the picture

Cut off the edges of the picture when I edited to re-add the link

It's close enough now, I give up

[-] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

No worries, chief. Appreciate the effort! I see the link now.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

If republicans were smarter they'd realize this is where their views get them

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