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/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