Georgian solders "borrowed" by Russian troops

Thomen · 08-20-08, 12:40 PM

[quote=Bruno Lotse]

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Originally Posted by Thomen

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Originally Posted by Bruno Lotse

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And BTW. They are not 'simple people'. They are solders.

Doesn't Russia has the draft still in place? If so, that would make any of the enlisted men 'simple people'.

As long as a person is being drafted and takes an oath
he ceased to be 'a simple person'.
He is a solder now, a GI - governmental issue.

Are you a governmental issue now? You're just a citizen.
Military units of simple people are called partizans, paramalitaries, vigilantes but not army units.

If a citizen betrays his country he faces criminal prosecution and a jail-term.
If the same done by a solder (a governmental issue) that solder faces a court-martial and then a firing-squad.

I did my duty (Light Infantry and Combat Engineers) and was discharged over 10 years ago.

What service did you do for your country?

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