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sorrycharlie88 t1_iu3yiui wrote

Reply to comment by kievit4ukraine in Ukrainian soldier with vermontese maple syrup and pancakes by kievit4ukraine

What's with the American flag and American camo then

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Traditional_Lab_5468 t1_iu4r5q9 wrote

The camo answer is pretty obvious. It's by far the easiest pattern to get gear in aftermarket. If you want top of the line shit because you're going to be living in it and fighting a war in it, you're going to be wearing multicam.

As for the flag? Who knows. Maybe he's happy to be getting American supplies and it's just a show of solidarity. Maybe it came with the uniform and he just threw it on there for kicks. Maybe it's a political statement, trying to show that Ukraine is aligned with the West.

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sorrycharlie88 t1_iu59t05 wrote

Good answer to a simple question, thanks.

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Traditional_Lab_5468 t1_iu5foll wrote

Sure. It's also common for units to swap patches when they train together. Not everyone does it, but every time I've trained internationally at least one person has come to swap patches with me. People like to collect them, usually they'll put them all in a shadowbox when they retire. I know the US sent a lot of training teams to Ukraine around 2017-2018 I believe, it's entirely possible he trained with them and the patch was a gift. There could very well be some 18x American SF guy with a matching Ukrainian flag patch somewhere.

There are pictures of Ukrainians wearing all kinds of goofy patches they've collected from the NATO forces sent to help train them up. There's one floating around with a Ukrainian wearing "Don't Mess With Texas" patch lol.

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meinblown t1_iu45ck1 wrote

Dude is just wearing swag like he works at Applebees.

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sorrycharlie88 t1_iu474tb wrote

He has an adequate amount of flair for now, plenty of time to add more during an endless war I suppose.

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mycophdstudent t1_iu49x9j wrote

Your valid question got downvoted. This is why I usually look for the most downvoted comments on Reddit to find the most intelligent ones.

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Traditional_Lab_5468 t1_iu4rgvp wrote

Is that why you spend time on the Joe Rogan subreddit? Because you're a real critical thinker? Fuckin' lol.

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mycophdstudent t1_iu4ug38 wrote

Oh SNAP you cyberstalk and slander because you have no argument.

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Traditional_Lab_5468 t1_iu4vry1 wrote

"cyberstalk" you're killing me dude lol

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mycophdstudent t1_iu4x9q5 wrote

Keep rationaling your creepy behavior like a creep would. 👍 Digging into peoples profiles to glean info is creepy.

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MightyKushiel t1_iu59hs9 wrote

“Digging” is a bit of reach when it’s right there. You’re on a public social media forum, anything you post is free game. A majority of people do it and the fact that you’re trying to label it as “creepy” says a lot about such deflective behavior.

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sorrycharlie88 t1_iu5a0ob wrote

These war mongers are so deluded. What happened to the anti war left? It's like these kids live in opposite world.

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