• Deestan@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Because the political leanings of a combat unit has zero bearing on anything. They are not in charge. They are not being allied with. They have aligned interests in fighting a greater evil.

    So any attempts to pretend it matters does clearly, nakedly, come from a place of wanting to push back against supporting Ukraine’s defense.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      To be fair in this particular point it does matter. US military aid is conditioned on a human rights basis unit by unit.

      That said, Ukraine basically broke this unit down and rebuilt it to get rid of the extremists several years ago.