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.
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Did he not know that Russia isn't communist?!
I don't think a tankie from Texas can be assumed to know anything
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.
They do pretend to be communist though.
Absolutely. Like the economic liberals that larp as libertarians. What they call themselves and what they do are completely opposed.
Must be like the .ml "communist"s who love authoritarianism so much they'll pretend state capitalism is leftist.
Why is a 64 year old going to war?
I don’t think he fought. He was a propaganda mascot. He was in a lot of early videos when Russia was invading. Surprised he wasn’t killed earlier when Ukraine was opening the whoop ass on the invading force s
I remember seeing him in a couple videos. The article says 2014 though.
The four soldiers were arrested and will likely serve their sentence through forced military service on their tank. So yeah...
Might get sent to the front of the line if we're lucky.
Dumbass Cowboy.
Alexander Korobko suggested that Bentley’s abduction was because he was mistaken for a spy
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!
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.
And nothing of value was lost
Link to an article?
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
No worries, chief. Appreciate the effort! I see the link now.
If republicans were smarter they'd realize this is where their views get them