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MattSh

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15. This is about more than honoring Bandera...

Reply to Elmergantry (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 15, 2014, 09:10 AM

Oct 2014

The Banderites want them to be legally recognized as war veterans, on par with other WW2 veterans, with all the benefits that go with that, including pensions.

The US taxpayers have yet to provide the funds for that. You don't honestly think there's money in Ukraine for that type of thing, do you?

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