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Posted By John McClane
Yeah, I just read the news about a mayor, her...

Yeah, I just read the news about a mayor, her husband, and son being executed for not going along with the Russian demands. It's pure madness. Unnecessary retaliatory killings of small town citizens...
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Posted By John McClane
Re: UKRAINE

The satellite pictures out of Bucha are disturbing enough.
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Posted By John McClane
Re nuclear weapons: it’s important to note that...

Re nuclear weapons: it’s important to note that the nuclear weapons of today are vastly more destructive than the ones that were dropped in WW2. We are talking destruction on a scale that’s never...
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Posted By John McClane
Most of us here know a word salad when we see it,...

Most of us here know a word salad when we see it, and I get why Yoda feels the need to to engage it; I honestly don’t know how he does it. The fact that he does engage it, and tacitly I might add,...
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Posted By John McClane
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Out of all the news reports I've heard I have tried to distance myself emotionally because I am pretty emotional as it is, but I listened to a report on NPR this morning about a family that sent...
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Posted By John McClane
Unpopular opinion: Russia has more power than we...

Unpopular opinion: Russia has more power than we give them credit. They have basically upended the entire world’s economy with their invasion. Arguably, even more so than COVID upended the world.*
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Posted By John McClane
I fail to see how this is relevant. The only...

I fail to see how this is relevant. The only group pushing that narrative is Russian state media, and it isn’t even a primary reason for their invasion. It’s a one off in a long ending bombardment of...
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Posted By John McClane
I also fail to see how a nation, who’s entire...

I also fail to see how a nation, who’s entire history has been predicated on fighting for independence for the last 100 years, needs their morale boosted. Those guys are more fired up than they’ve...
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Posted By John McClane
So basically what you’re saying is you want to...

So basically what you’re saying is you want to spread misinformation that’s not even going to be seen by the people that need convincing? I hardly see how that helps. But eh, you do you.

I’m going...
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Posted By John McClane
Uh, no, you don’t have to, and shouldn’t, spread...

Uh, no, you don’t have to, and shouldn’t, spread propaganda to help the right side. We’re already living in a post-truth world as it is, and I don’t agree that actively spreading more disinformation...
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Posted By John McClane
That was a comment in regards to the overwhelming...

That was a comment in regards to the overwhelming news I have read/seen. It’s a general comment. Not directed at anyone in here, but it is a narrative being pushed by western media.
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Posted By John McClane
Anyone who has even a half understanding of...

Anyone who has even a half understanding of Russia's history would know that a good portion of the population is happy under Putin, as messed up as that might be. The older generation lived through...
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Posted By John McClane
Civil war within one country can very easily...

Civil war within one country can very easily spill out into neighboring countries, and it’ll destabilize the region. And, given their nuclear arsenal, civil war in Russia could result in some...
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Posted By John McClane
I wouldn’t be surprised if that ends up being the...

I wouldn’t be surprised if that ends up being the case, and the power vacuum will be filled by any number of Putin’s lackeys. Or we could see civil war. It’s hard to tell, but civil war in Russia...
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Posted By John McClane
There’s a firm misunderstanding by many in the...

There’s a firm misunderstanding by many in the west about how Russia works. And it’s why we continue to repeat the same mistakes over and over. Squeezing Russian oligarchs is an ineffective means of...