The Only American Fighting for Ukraine Dies in Battle (right winger?)

[iamthebandfanman]

Known by the codename "Franko," the 55-year-old investment banker was a Manhattan native, and had a slight limp and a pronounced New York accent, making him seem an unlikely candidate for a soldier in an eastern European war that has already claimed more than 2,000 lives.

VICE News interviewed Paslawsky in early August in the Luhansk region where he had been deployed with the volunteer Donbas Battalion. He said he decided to take up arms against the separatist Russia-backed rebellion because of his family's Ukrainian background, as well as the frustration and helplessness that came with watching news reports on Ukraine's deteriorating situation after Moscow's annexation of Crimea.

'The whole platoon says "fucking" every other word, we got it from him. He used to say "fucking Obama" all the time, because the US hasn't given Ukraine any support.'

https://news.vice.com/article/the-only-american-fighting-for-ukraine-dies-in-battle

[Populist_Prole]

1. Wow. Loudmouth hawk actually tires to walk the walk.

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Gets smoked. Water seeks its own level; some times things just work out then, don't they?

[Matrosov]

2. Indeed, likely a right winger

Many conservatives have a special hate for Russians. Apparently the Cold War never stopped for them.

Perhaps this was the closest Franko would ever get to living out his Red Dawn fantasies.

[former9thward]

3. This is similar to the Abraham Lincoln Brigades in the Spanish Civil War.

So I have to respect him for that. Many American lefties died in Spain fighting for what they believed to be a just cause.