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**lopezsokero** · 10-17-2008, 07:16 AM

Originally posted by onodera
We all know what Geneva conventions say about wars. They imagine them as lines of easily identifiable soldiers cleanly killing each other because their country leaders told them so. If you are hit, lucky you, you can no longer be shot at and can relax in hospital; if you are taken prisoner, lucky you, you can spend the rest of the war in a camp, being cared for. That's a load of bull, to be short.

Russian soldiers are taught that being taken prisoner is bad. So bad that they are forbidden to surrender. If you are surrounded, you should try and trick the enemy soldiers into approaching you and kill as many as you can by blowing everyone up with a grenade.
If you are incapacitated and the enemy soldiers take you prisoner when you are unconscious, then it's probably okay. But still you can't enjoy your life as a prisoner. You have to escape or die trying, and happily labouring away in a prisoner camp is collaborating with the enemy.
Enemy soldiers that are taken prisoner are not your guests that you have to feed, clothe, nurture back to health and so on. They are the spoils of war, free labour force that has to work to pay for what they have done to your country. They are also a commodity to pay for your own captive soldiers.

What are the soldiers of your country taught? Now, why would they be wanted back? Switching valuable workforce to persona non grata, who will just be shot for desertion or somesuch. Or, defeatists! (Godwin #2)

10-17-2008, 07:16 AM	#13
lopezsokero Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 466 Senior Member	Originally posted by onodera We all know what Geneva conventions say about wars. They imagine them as lines of easily identifiable soldiers cleanly killing each other because their country leaders told them so. If you are hit, lucky you, you can no longer be shot at and can relax in hospital; if you are taken prisoner, lucky you, you can spend the rest of the war in a camp, being cared for. That's a load of bull, to be short. Russian soldiers are taught that being taken prisoner is bad. So bad that they are forbidden to surrender. If you are surrounded, you should try and trick the enemy soldiers into approaching you and kill as many as you can by blowing everyone up with a grenade. If you are incapacitated and the enemy soldiers take you prisoner when you are unconscious, then it's probably okay. But still you can't enjoy your life as a prisoner. You have to escape or die trying, and happily labouring away in a prisoner camp is collaborating with the enemy. Enemy soldiers that are taken prisoner are not your guests that you have to feed, clothe, nurture back to health and so on. They are the spoils of war, free labour force that has to work to pay for what they have done to your country. They are also a commodity to pay for your own captive soldiers. What are the soldiers of your country taught? Now, why would they be wanted back? Switching valuable workforce to persona non grata, who will just be shot for desertion or somesuch. Or, defeatists! (Godwin #2)
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