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RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 3, 2023 at 7:28 pm
(January 3, 2023 at 7:25 pm)Belacqua Wrote: Good column on how Russia has been portrayed as the boogeyman to distract people from political issues in the US:
https://mate.substack.com/p/the-twitter-...-influence
"...political issues on the US..."
...caused, in a big part, by Russian interference.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 4, 2023 at 4:30 am
There was a "guest essay" today in the New York Times urging the US to increase arms funding to Ukraine.
The Times failed to mention that the organization which employs the author of the essay is funded by Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and BAE Systems. This is typical.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/opini...ticleShare
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 4, 2023 at 5:37 am
(This post was last modified: January 4, 2023 at 5:39 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(January 3, 2023 at 7:25 pm)Belacqua Wrote: Good column on how Russia has been portrayed as the boogeyman to distract people from political issues in the US:
https://mate.substack.com/p/the-twitter-...-influence
Russia IS the boogeyman. Why?
Because Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine.
It’s really just that, nothing else.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 4, 2023 at 7:02 am
Quote:There was a "guest essay" today in the New York Times urging the US to increase arms funding to Ukraine.
The Times failed to mention that the organization which employs the author of the essay is funded by Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and BAE Systems. This is typical.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/opini...ticleShare
It doesn't matter who he's funded by he's correct anyway...
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 4, 2023 at 7:04 am
Quote:Good column on how Russia has been portrayed as the boogeyman to distract people from political issues in the US:
https://mate.substack.com/p/the-twitter-...-influence
[url=https://mate.substack.com/p/the-twitter-files-reveal-influence][/url]You can't be portrayed as the boogeyman when you are the boogeyman. In fact that's far to polite a term to use for Putin.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 4, 2023 at 8:10 am
(January 3, 2023 at 7:25 pm)Belacqua Wrote: Good column on how Russia has been portrayed as the boogeyman to distract people from political issues in the US:
https://mate.substack.com/p/the-twitter-...-influence
US has no political issues = Russia invading other countries is ok?
Invading other countries under any pretext can be ok?
Is that what this moron is trying to say? Someone please enlighten me.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 4, 2023 at 9:16 am
(January 4, 2023 at 4:30 am)Belacqua Wrote: There was a "guest essay" today in the New York Times urging the US to increase arms funding to Ukraine.
The Times failed to mention that the organization which employs the author of the essay is funded by Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and BAE Systems. This is typical.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/opini...ticleShare
So, who's funding you to shill?
I'd love to see us send more and better arms to Ukraine ... and I don't work for any defense contractors.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 4, 2023 at 9:18 am
(January 4, 2023 at 8:10 am)Deesse23 Wrote: (January 3, 2023 at 7:25 pm)Belacqua Wrote: Good column on how Russia has been portrayed as the boogeyman to distract people from political issues in the US:
https://mate.substack.com/p/the-twitter-...-influence
US has no political issues = Russia invading other countries is ok?
Invading other countries under any pretext can be ok?
Is that what this moron is trying to say? Someone please enlighten me.
Apparently, Americans are too stupid to think of more than one thing at a time.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 4, 2023 at 10:36 am
(This post was last modified: January 4, 2023 at 10:39 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 2, 2023 at 7:44 am)Belacqua Wrote: (January 1, 2023 at 11:35 am)LinuxGal Wrote: Gosh, what also happened in the Donbass in 2014? Oh, that's right:
Declaring the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR, respectively), armed Russian-backed separatist groups seized government buildings throughout the Donbas
Right, and this justifies the continued bombing of civilian areas. But as you say, hey, that's just how it goes.
Yes, seizing government buildings, declaring yourself a sovereign entity, and declaring war against the state you just did that all in justifies a military response. This may surprise some americans, given our own recent experience. OFC, that's all moot now, as russia gave up even the pretense of any popular uprising of independent states.
There is no ukraine, no such thing as a ukranian, let alone ukranian history or language or culture. Only russia forever...and, apparently, forever getting smaller waging a war against itself.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 4, 2023 at 11:47 am
(January 2, 2023 at 7:44 am)Belacqua Wrote: Right, and this justifies the continued bombing of civilian areas. But as you say, hey, that's just how it goes.
Yes, its a horrible thing to invade a foreign country and wage war against its civilian population. Thats what you were talking about.............wait.....you werent?
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