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[–] [email protected] 215 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If that's true, it wasn't the reddit user, it was the soldier. You don't fucking give out that kind of info for this reason exactly

[–] [email protected] 67 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of a Canadian soldier that was talking about going there to help and seeing Ukrainian soldiers getting out of fox holes to have a smoke and getting shot...

When war lasts for a long time you start running out of properly trained soldiers...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

On the contrary, when war lasts a long time you only have trained soldiers left

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

The important word that you seem to have skipped is "properly"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Eh, it can be both. The soldier shouldn't have posted his location online, but neither should the Redditor have reposted it in public.

[–] Maalus 35 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Eh, it can't be both, soldiers are trained to avoid shit like that. Once it was somewhere online, the info was compromised. No photos, no geolocation, no phones even.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Exactly, you can't unpost something from the internet. Even if it wasn't reposted to Reddit, I wouldn't trust Facebook servers

[–] Passerby6497 33 points 5 months ago

If you're in a life or death situation, it's ABSOLUTELY on you to not expose your location. There's a reason people in the army are supposed to keep operational security, because once the info is out, you can't control where it goes.

Even if you trust everyone you tell, one slip up can fuck you over.

[–] Guest_User 30 points 5 months ago

Eh, one is a professional doing a job and the other is a redditor. I put the blame on the professional who put their own life and the others they work with in jeopardy.

[–] grue 193 points 5 months ago (1 children)

posts on Facebook... In private

Imma stop you right there

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago

I clearly tagged my post as private, what are you implying?

[–] [email protected] 100 points 5 months ago

Some absolute turbo genius Russian propagandist did a livestream by an artillery piece near the front lines, the Ukrainians obviously shelled it.

It happens a lot, sadly.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 5 months ago

Everyone knows you don't post your military secrets on reddit.

You post them on the War Thunder forums like a true gentleman.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I swear these people know no opsec

[–] cabron_offsets 25 points 5 months ago

This is fucktard level, tho.

[–] Gigan 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Are you talking about the soldier or the redditor?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Both probably

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago

We did it Reddit!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

To be fair, the orcs would have shelled schools anyway. Especially if they aren't abandoned

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I would avoid dehumanizing the people you disagree with. It prevents any real understanding of the situation beyond "Russians are evil".

[–] Pixelguin 15 points 5 months ago

It also distances you from the reality of it. Human beings just like you are capable of this level of cruelty, and you've got to wrestle with that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

That's funny, I visited Russia years ago, their nickname for Moscow was literally Mordor...

[–] nutsack 5 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

We did it reddit!