cross-posted from: https://biglemmowski.win/post/6224801

Michael Gloss, 21, was the son of CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Julianne Gallina Gloss, and Iraq war veteran Larry Gloss.

Before arriving in Russia on August 13, 2023, Gloss was travelling around Europe. On his Vkontakte page bio, he wrote: “I ran away from home (and) traveled the world. I hate fascism.”

On April 4, 2024, he was killed, likely during a Russian offensive near Bakhmut, however, his burial in the U.S. did not take place until December 2024, Important Stories reports.

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  • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    10 hours ago

    i wish the world was that simple, with simple solutions. i’m still rooting for the best outcome for most people.

    if you think this is about “good” and “evil”, you are being naive at best. war doesn’t work like marvel movies.

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      8 hours ago

      This is true in most cases. Unless you’re the invader. There will never be an excuse to initiate an invasion.

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        7 hours ago

        so by that logic you agree the US is the most evil empire in the planet, and the bigger evil then?

        heres your explanation for that guy to have chosen russia instead.

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            4 hours ago

            His logic is that russia is so dumb that they jumped into an obvious “trap” set by US “proxy” so that KGB putin can help US destroy russia through Ukraine. he made it sound like putin is a fool and was tricked into invading to weaken russia.

            If putin was not interested in war and expanding territories, they would not have blocked Ukraine from joining Europes’s NATO so that the border can be peaceful, just like the other russia borders with NATO.

            It is clear that russia wanted ports in crimea and Ukraine territories, which is why russia started blocking Ukraine from joining NATO. In the beginning, russia was ok with Ukraine joining NATO. Russia wanted war in Ukraine for some reason and have been planning it for a very long time, with their puppets, funding coups, terrorist and operatives in donbas region. https://www.en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/21598

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            6 hours ago

            ukraine is an US proxy in this war, in the name of US interests. i’m pretty sure i mentioned this.

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                5 hours ago

                And I said they are the lesser evil vs the US in this situation, by far.

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                  4 hours ago

                  The US isn’t invading Russia. The only involvement the US has in the Russo-Ukranian war is in your head.

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                    4 hours ago

                    the US has probably put more than 100 billion dollars in at this point.