This is a fun story about people who puffed themselves up to be
all sorts of hero--until they got close to the actual battle.

"Boogaloo Boi's attempt to fight in Ukraine ends in disaster and him
fleeing: report
Tom Boggioni"

"As Tim Dickinson wrote, Henry Hoeft -- who also goes by the name of
Henry Locke -- landed a profile on the front page of the
Columbus-Dispatch where the former infantryman in the U.S. Army boasted,
'We feel like if we can hold Putin for long enough we can possibly stop
a world war,” before adding, "I will be there for as long as it takes.
This is who I am."

As the reports notes, Hoeft's stay was a short one and the Dispatch had
to go back and update their story to note his part in the rightwing
militia after their piece helped him raise approximately $5000 on the
Christian fundraising site GiveSendGo.

"But the noble narrative about standing up to Russian aggression
concealed a darker tale, as the true story of Hoeft’s identity is far
more complicated, and far less pleasant. Hoeft has deep ties to the
militant Boogaloo Bois movement, which seeks to spark violent unrest.
And his now infamous misadventure in Ukraine offers a cautionary tale
about lionizing Americans who are pulling up stakes and seeking to
insert themselves into a war zone," wrote Dickinson."
[snip]

https://www.rawstory.com/boogaloo-bois-2656996231/

Speaking of heroes. The orange asshole's lawyer says he threatened
to bomb Russian churches. What could be braver than bombing churches?

"Giuliani says he was 'authorized' to reveal that Donald Trump told
Putin he would 'blow up' Russian churches"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-blow-up-russian-churches/

TB

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