Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely, no wonder you're proud of him, Nathan. Unfortunately, it appears that a significant number of the soldiers of the Russian army are - to put it simply - utter barbarians, led by an ogre. The problem is that it won't go away. Putin may be willing to keep throwing gullible cannon fodder, leavened with his Wagner barbarians, at the front lines in the hope he will win the resulting war of attrition, or, in desperation, use a small tactical nuke to give himself momentum. That said, this could trigger an uprising internally, not to mention a problem for NATO. After all the Russian people have had Putin in charge for 23 years, and with the eternal power dynamics of humanity, there are probably a lot more quiet dissenters in his circle than there used to be. I presume that there are a few Von Stauffenbergs there now as Hitler only ruled for 11 years before the assassination attempt. One can only hope someone is good with a briefcase... Douglas On 12/05/2022 21:26, Jasse Chan via LUG wrote: > This may be one of the best things I?ve ever heard. > > Jasse > > On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 9:11 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >> My father fought in World War II, covering 2500 km from Russia to Berlin >> between 1943 and 1945. Some time in 1945, already in Germany, one evening >> the unit he was leading arrived in a village in eastern Germany and >> stopped >> there for the night. A bit later, screams were heard from a house in the >> village. Two Russian soldiers were raping a German woman while her two >> small sons were looking on. My father drew his pistol which stopped the >> ordeal. Fast forward 30+ years. We were already living in Denmark. The two >> little boys were now engineers in Hamburg and somehow they tracked down my >> father in Aarhus and invited him to come down to visit. Such is life. >> >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> photo at frozenlight.eu >> >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >>> On 12 May 2022, at 14:44, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I thank the New Yorker for opening the pay wall so that these could be >>> seen. >>> >>> My college Russian professor was an eastern Germany refugee that saw >> first >>> hand what the Russian forces did that closely mimics what we are seeing >>> today. What was tolerable once due to circumstances then begets >>> intolerable behavior now. >>> >>> On Mon, May 2, 2022, 2:27 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> >> wrote: >>>> In my opinion, James Nachtwey is the best contemporary war photographer >>>> and one of the best who has ever lived. The current issue of the New >>>> Yorker has a portfolio of his recent pictures from Ukraine. And it's >>>> online here if you are a subscriber: >>>> https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/portfolio/05/09/the-costs-of-war >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>