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Russian soldiers ‘blow themselves up’ to avoid capture
(www.telegraph.co.uk)
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I'm trying to pinpoint exactly when and why the conversation shifted from "normalcy of suicide" to "military regulations".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy
Because we are describing suicide in the context of avoiding capture. Which from a purely strategic perspective, is the correct course of action.
I recall an article from the first NK troop deployments where they interviewed a Ukrainian veteran, and he called the north koreans motivated and competent infantry. He specifically pointed out that they are very capable and very disciplined, and used their apparent willingness to commit suicide to avoid capture as evidence of said discipline.
Now if this article was talking about general suicide rates, then it would not have any relation to military doctrine.
And see: crediting your enemy with the discipline to commit suicide to avoid capture suggests to me that it is "remarkable". One might even say "atypical".
Does that same logic apply to marksmanship, training, and apparent endurance? Note that this article came out shortly after the speculation claiming the upcoming deployment from NK would be starving dudes with bamboo spears. Seemed to me more as a recognition of general competence.
Unfortunately, my attempts to find said article again have been stymied by a slew of recent articles talking about North Korea having an official suicide before capture policy. Would have been published mid-late 2024, a month or two after the original 50k deployment.