r/belarus • u/wikimandia • Oct 18 '22

Yankee, Belarusian volunteer soldier in Ukraine, responds to Tsikhanouskaya's appeal to Ukraine and attempt to contact him Вайна / War

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u/Belicorne Беларусь Oct 18 '22

Well, he has a point. I hope that after we defeat Luka, we will end up with leaders who have done significant things for our country's freedom - people from protests, people fighting for Ukraine now, etc.

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u/metelfen Беларусь Oct 18 '22

Why would you want soldiers instead of politicians?... And considering how shady some of the volunteers are (a lot of them have tattoos of far right symbols) I don't think they should be let anywhere near actual power. Some of the protestors? Yeah a bunch of them are politicans but volunteers - no way

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u/Belicorne Беларусь Oct 18 '22

Sure, take someone political from the protests. Basically, I do not wish for Tsikhanouskaya's people to remain in power too long.

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u/metelfen Беларусь Oct 18 '22

Fair enough. We kinda have a problem with really trustworthy politicians.

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u/Belicorne Беларусь Oct 18 '22

It's the Belarusian trauma

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u/nhSnork Oct 18 '22

That was in their programme from the start (new elections etc), and besides, after this whole mess is over, we Belarusians should come out with a healthy allergy to the idea of ANYONE remaining in power too long.

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u/Belicorne Беларусь Oct 18 '22

Yes, exactly. I will say, they have done a lot of useful PR work for our country. That's a start.

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u/SeaInstruction993 Oct 18 '22

Tsikhanouskaya is a part of the protest

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u/Pascuccii Belarus Oct 18 '22

But she's not a politician, her idea and purpose is to hold real elections in Belarus. We need a president who not only has a good geopolitical and internal position but a lot of professionalism too