Imagine you are an American mercenary in Ukraine today.
— Scott Ritter (@RealScottRitter) February 19, 2025
You are truly fucked.
If the Russians capture you, they execute you.
Because you’re not a lawful combatant.
You’re pig shit.
And soon your Ukrainian “allies” are going to project their unhappiness toward America into…
In my book all mercenaries are scum.
— Scott Ritter (@RealScottRitter) February 19, 2025
You’re literally being paid to kill people.
Not because they threaten your homeland.
But because you want money.
Blood money.
Fuck that.
And fuck them.
If you were in Ukraine on the authority of the US government, implementing the policies of the US government, and in the pay of the US government, responsive to the orders of the US government, you are guilty of nothing more than implementing bad policy.
— Scott Ritter (@RealScottRitter) February 19, 2025
But your patriotism is…
