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Serhiy Prytula wrote: “No one has any right in a country at war to be rude toward combat officers and soldiers,” referring SPECIFICALLY to the new Minister of Defense Yevhen Khmara, and displayed a profane cardboard sign.
I completely agree. Being rude is generally bad. It's better never to swear.
But I noticed a dangerous substitution of terms.
Khmara is already a politician. A civilian politician. With combat experience, awards, and years of military service.
But when he HIMSELF consciously agreed to take off his epaulettes, become a civilian and assume a POLITICAL position, taking part in a large-scale political scheme, he is no longer a defender, but a person who can and should be criticized, whose activities can and should be monitored so he does not steal, listens, responds, and explains. He is now a full-fledged Minister of Defense of Ukraine. Like Umierov, Shmyhal, or Poltorak.
Many people insult politicians. Get used to it, Yevhen Leonidovych. I can share my experience. It only hurts at first.
What matters is how ready you are to understand the system, defend principles, and communicate. It's hard for politicians. Do you have a suit?