The war in Ukraine has quickly devolved into trench warfare despite advanced technology with Western soldiers learning the hard way what equal combat is all about. American veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars spoke to Business Insider about the conditions they thought they would face, but also what they actually experienced on the front. Speaking anonymously – one introduced himself as Jackie – they made it clear that everyone, even themselves, had a wrong perception of reality. “We thought we were going on vacation,” they said of enlisting in the Ukrainian International Legion, a body made for foreign volunteers and mercenaries. “We wanted to escape from the problems of the homeland,” they said, adding that “some thought they would become heroes and others didn't really expect to die… But all of us thought we would be outgunned or fight on our terms, especially those who we knew.” However, reality belied them, as the fighting soon devolved into trench warfare, similar […]
Source: News Beast
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