Jihad Johnny is just mentally ill and likes to make up stories. He obviously was not in ISIS, was not in Syria, did not sneak into the US, did not join a "confederate biker gang" (which I don't think exist anyway) and rape the gang leader's daughter, etc etc etc.
He's like a male version of some mentally ill drama queen girls I've met. The main difference being that those girls could just spread their legs to get out of trouble 99% of the time and hide behind men.
This dude by contrast just keeps digging deeper holes until he can't go any deeper, which appears to be now, in Russia, where he's stuck, since he'll be arrested if he leaves. Once he starts fucking up in Russia they'll stick him in a Wagner unit and march him over a minefield.
I'm sure the Russians know all this, but figure they can use him for some easy propaganda anyway.
edit: So I'm watching the interview and he says he was in the US military for 2 years, and "not good years" & "a lotta drinkin". There is no such thing as being in the military for 2 years. The minimum contracts when I was there were 3.5 years. So that means he got his ass thrown out for being a retard and doing the same kind of shit that you see written in that twitter thread. And it's haaaard to get thrown out for just being a drunk fuckup (which is why it took him a whole 2 years, probably) since they'll just keep punishing you over and over without kicking you out and give you lots of chances before they finally write you off as hopeless.
Generally you serve out your enlistment, even if you finish it in the brig because hard labor, half pay, and restriction to quarters isn't enough to force you to get your shit together.
I saw a few old-timers who were finishing their 1966 enlistment back in the early 2010s. Government got theirs, one way or another.
At least the part of going to Ukraine in part to have his meth teeth repaired or replaced (I don't know what they do with meth teeth) is very plausible, many people in Poland do it because cheap while well done. My elderly coworker (in private security, retired commie cop) managed to have a complete set of false teeth installed on implants in 2 trips of like a week each (or at least the first one), the last one in early Feb 22.
Jihad Johnny is just mentally ill and likes to make up stories. He obviously was not in ISIS, was not in Syria
I mean, considering he was in the US military, the Ukrainian legion, and then defected to Russia, is it really that hard to believe he was an ISIS fighter in Syria? That's one of the more plausible elements of the story, in my opinion.
Jihad Johnny is just mentally ill and likes to make up stories. He obviously was not in ISIS, was not in Syria, did not sneak into the US, did not join a "confederate biker gang" (which I don't think exist anyway) and rape the gang leader's daughter, etc etc etc.
He's like a male version of some mentally ill drama queen girls I've met. The main difference being that those girls could just spread their legs to get out of trouble 99% of the time and hide behind men.
This dude by contrast just keeps digging deeper holes until he can't go any deeper, which appears to be now, in Russia, where he's stuck, since he'll be arrested if he leaves. Once he starts fucking up in Russia they'll stick him in a Wagner unit and march him over a minefield.
I'm sure the Russians know all this, but figure they can use him for some easy propaganda anyway.
edit: So I'm watching the interview and he says he was in the US military for 2 years, and "not good years" & "a lotta drinkin". There is no such thing as being in the military for 2 years. The minimum contracts when I was there were 3.5 years. So that means he got his ass thrown out for being a retard and doing the same kind of shit that you see written in that twitter thread. And it's haaaard to get thrown out for just being a drunk fuckup (which is why it took him a whole 2 years, probably) since they'll just keep punishing you over and over without kicking you out and give you lots of chances before they finally write you off as hopeless.
Generally you serve out your enlistment, even if you finish it in the brig because hard labor, half pay, and restriction to quarters isn't enough to force you to get your shit together.
I saw a few old-timers who were finishing their 1966 enlistment back in the early 2010s. Government got theirs, one way or another.
At least the part of going to Ukraine in part to have his meth teeth repaired or replaced (I don't know what they do with meth teeth) is very plausible, many people in Poland do it because cheap while well done. My elderly coworker (in private security, retired commie cop) managed to have a complete set of false teeth installed on implants in 2 trips of like a week each (or at least the first one), the last one in early Feb 22.
People from elsewhere also (used to) do it: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/7109
I mean, considering he was in the US military, the Ukrainian legion, and then defected to Russia, is it really that hard to believe he was an ISIS fighter in Syria? That's one of the more plausible elements of the story, in my opinion.