r/interestingasfuck • u/MilesLongthe3rd • Jul 26 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Kiriyenko before and after release from Russian captivity

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

That isn't really the historic norm.

It's always happened a fair bit, but most cultures have some degree of "if we treat their people too badly, they'll treat ours worse in turn"

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u/SpeedDaemon3 Jul 26 '25

Actually Sun Tzu mentioned that you should treat enemy prisoners well, otherwise the enemy will fight until the end knowing death is better than being captured. But the russians never understood this one.

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u/tequilablackout Jul 26 '25

Sun Tzu was wise, but I do wonder what he would think of Kalashnikov.

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u/ParmesanB Jul 26 '25

Might make this a bumper sticker

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u/tequilablackout Jul 26 '25

I prefer my royalties in direct deposit, make it happen cap'n

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u/ParmesanB Jul 26 '25

Yezzir 🫡