Sam Alexander
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Podcast Appearances
So they were sending more men forward than they were sending rifles forward.
So they weren't sending one-to-one ratios.
They were sending more bodies than guns.
The actual scene in terms of we're not handing out rifles is contested.
Such a great idea ruined by law.
How far was your turkey shot?
I'm inclined to believe it probably happened on β because it's one of those things where, well, there's no official record of it, but who's going to keep an official record of that kind of thing?
And even if it did, Russia, especially within the last β
oh 10 years or so um so russia's i mean soviet union you can't get access to any kind of archival archival um data information out of out of the soviet union at all hardly without being really fucking microscoped on they open up in the 90s a bit which is when a lot of stuff comes out but then in the 2000s especially once you get past the early 2000s
They clam back up again, especially under Putin now.
Anything that is negative, especially from the Great Patriotic War, gets totally buried because that is their β I don't want to say founding myth, but in some ways, the Great Patriotic War is β
Like that's what they've they're kind of almost adopting as like, no, this is our this is our finest hour.
So before the show, Jason and I were talking about bow hunting and turkeys, and I was like, hey, we got something cleared legally that you can use in Colorado.
So we're going to really lean on it.
So anything negative coming out, you're not going to hear about.
And it is legal.
They said they didn't say it wasn't illegal.
They said that they didn't have an issue with it, I suppose.
That is true.
But I'm inclined to say it's probably one of those things that probably happens somewhere on a limited scale and then gets a little kind of like, well, we're going to apply it everywhere, especially when it appears in a very popular movie and then a very popular video game following that.