News · moment 6 of 18
Russia Sending Drug Addicts and Convicts to War
from The Tim Dillon Show #332 · #332
5 min
News
Tim reads a news story about Russia mobilizing drug addicts and convicts to meet war quotas, riffing on the Sandlot-style "motley crew" of soldiers and joking about their motivations.
- Tim explains why drug addicts are useful in war—they have nothing to live for and no other investment in life besides the drug.
- Photo analysis: Tim compares the assembled Russian recruits to a Motley Crew, like the neighborhood kids from The Sandlot.
- Putin's pitch to convicts and addicts: regain your glory by fighting in Ukraine, and these men look ready for it.
- Ukrainian intelligence reports Russia is mobilizing drug addicts to meet its conscription quotas, and all war claims are propaganda from both sides.
- A surrendered Russian soldier confirmed he continued using drugs while fighting—why would anyone get sober in a Ukrainian war?
- The Kremlin offers criminal record clearance for military service, meaning they're getting desperate and turning to convicts.
- Tim endorses the strategy as a good idea for giving purposeless people a use.
- Tim questions whether the war is even real or just Wag the Dog, but concludes it probably is happening.
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