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originally posted by: Joneselius
Zakensky is a tyrant. His government was tyrannical and just because they have Klitcho as a mayor, does not a good country make!
originally posted by: Peeple
a reply to: jedi_hamster
Great whataboutism straight from the Nazi propaganda handbook
And thankfully there are no Nazis in every #ing country worldwide, including Russia. Wasn't aware Ukraine has to be Ceasar's wife.. lol
And I mean we were all totally ok with Russia hiring a TV star to run the biggest Western superpower, so what difference does it make?
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his version of an answer in his televised speech Wednesday night, announcing a “special military operation” whose “goal is to protect people who have been abused by the genocide of the Kyiv regime for eight years.” Ultimately: “We will strive for the demilitarization and de-Nazification of Ukraine, as well as bringing to justice those who committed numerous bloody crimes against civilians.”
On its face, this sounds detached from reality. There is no ongoing genocide in Ukraine. While there are government-aligned fascist militias in Ukraine, ones that have risen in influence since the pro-Western Euromaidan uprising in 2013, the Ukrainian government itself is not even close to a Nazi regime. The country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish; he speaks proudly of how his Jewish grandfather fought against Hitler’s army.
But with this seemingly absurd rhetoric, Putin is laying the propaganda groundwork for the overthrow of Ukraine’s government.
“It is a military operation with maximalist war aims, whose [ultimate] aim is regime change,” writes Michael Kofman, director of Russia studies at the CNA think tank.
US intelligence has warned that Putin aims to topple Ukraine’s government, round up prominent Ukrainians “to be killed or sent to camps,” and install a puppet regime in Kyiv. When Putin speaks of “de-Nazification” and “bringing [Ukrainians] to justice,” this is exactly what he means.
The word “demilitarization” hints at the real reasons he’s willing to do this: that he wishes to end Ukraine’s status as an independent sovereign state.
Putin believes that Ukraine is an illegitimate country that exists on land that’s historically and rightfully Russian. Zelensky’s willingness to move away from Moscow and toward the West is, in Putin’s mind, an attempt to legitimize the “false” regime in Kyiv. The existence of an anti-Russian regime in what he views as rightfully Russian territory populated by rightfully Russian people is unacceptable to him — so unacceptable that he is willing to wage a costly and bloody war over it.
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“Ukraine might have remained a sovereign state so long as it had a pro-Putin government,” says Seva Gunitsky, a political scientist at the University of Toronto who studies Russia. “Reuniting the lands formally would probably not have been at the forefront of the agenda if Putin felt he had enough political support from the Ukrainian regime.”
So talk of “de-Nazification,” while absurd on a factual level, is nonetheless revealing. It tells us that Putin is acting on his long-held belief that the Ukrainian government has no right to be independent. It hints at his ultimate goal: to transform Ukraine into a vassal of a new Russian empire.
originally posted by: Bigburgh
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: trog42x601
The Chernobyl reactors have been shut down for many years so it isn't connected to the power grid.
Any body hear anything from the RUSSIAN WOODPECKER NUMBERS STATION?🤔
originally posted by: Brotherman
originally posted by: Bigburgh
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: trog42x601
The Chernobyl reactors have been shut down for many years so it isn't connected to the power grid.
Any body hear anything from the RUSSIAN WOODPECKER NUMBERS STATION?🤔
What are the numbers mason
originally posted by: putnam6
just another video game right?
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originally posted by: Bigburgh
originally posted by: Brotherman
originally posted by: Bigburgh
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: trog42x601
The Chernobyl reactors have been shut down for many years so it isn't connected to the power grid.
Any body hear anything from the RUSSIAN WOODPECKER NUMBERS STATION?🤔
What are the numbers mason
It is 3, 24, 20, 12, 19, 17, 17, 22, 19, 23, 19, 4, 0, 7, 6, 7, 19, 10, 12, 16, 17, 6, 14, 4, 3, 17, 24, 20, 13, 24, 8, 16, 17, 1, 24, 9, 21, 15, 0, 5, 15, 4, 4, 23, 6, 11, 25, 14, 4, 20, 4, 9, 14, 18, 12, 8, 7, 21, 6, 4, 21, 7, 21, 4, 2, 14, 3, 14, 7, 18, 13, 6, 22, 16, 6, 1, 21, 21, 15, 3, 5, 24, 9, 11, 2, 10, 5, 21, ...
Got that Bowman?
originally posted by: Joneselius
Zakensky is a tyrant. His government was tyrannical and just because they have Klitcho as a mayor, does not a good country make!
I'm tired of the BuT 70% ElEcTeD HiM.... He was elected because of a very REAL insurrection (you know like the left calls Jan 6th)..... And he has since done absolutely nothing for the Ukraine, nothing at all other than jail his opponents.
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: Bigburgh
originally posted by: Brotherman
originally posted by: Bigburgh
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: trog42x601
The Chernobyl reactors have been shut down for many years so it isn't connected to the power grid.
Any body hear anything from the RUSSIAN WOODPECKER NUMBERS STATION?🤔
What are the numbers mason
It is 3, 24, 20, 12, 19, 17, 17, 22, 19, 23, 19, 4, 0, 7, 6, 7, 19, 10, 12, 16, 17, 6, 14, 4, 3, 17, 24, 20, 13, 24, 8, 16, 17, 1, 24, 9, 21, 15, 0, 5, 15, 4, 4, 23, 6, 11, 25, 14, 4, 20, 4, 9, 14, 18, 12, 8, 7, 21, 6, 4, 21, 7, 21, 4, 2, 14, 3, 14, 7, 18, 13, 6, 22, 16, 6, 1, 21, 21, 15, 3, 5, 24, 9, 11, 2, 10, 5, 21, ...
Got that Bowman?
I can't find my Little Orphan Annie super decoder ring?
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