• @InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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    1210 months ago

    They were losing a war to a bunch of tractors and their flagship was sunk by a country without a navy.

    It’s not Russian weakness, it’s Russian stupidity.

        • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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          3910 months ago

          Jokerfication: when you kind of pity someone for being this propagandized, but laugh at them because it’s pretty funny

          jokerfied

          • @InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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            510 months ago

            Yes… I am the propagandized one.

            Not the rural poor being marched off to die for half the price of a lada they’ll never receive for an oligarch’s pride.

            All I can say is: Please, PLEASE! Make sure they keep marching.

            • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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              3310 months ago

              You claim they started with tractors. This is utter nonsense; the AFU started the war as a legitimate military, especially after it took the decade following the Minsk agreements to arm up in anticipation of this war.

              You also claim they are pushing Russia back despite the front not moving appreciably in the past year, even during the latest vaunted counteroffensive.

              • @InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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                You claim they started with tractors. This is utter nonsense; the AFU started the war as a legitimate military, especially after it took the decade following the Minsk agreements to arm up in anticipation of this war.

                Russia used to call itself the 2nd strongest military on Earth.

                Now they’re clearly the 2nd strongest military in Ukraine. And they’re sliding down.

                You might not understand this, but they literally only survived because everyone was terrified of them, ‘Crazy Ivan’ who snaps and does something stupid.

                That illusion SHATTERED with the failure to take Kyiv, it shattered and Europe’s fear turned to rage, rage at being intimidated for decades by a clearly broken joke of a power.

                Until last year Russia wasn’t worth our interest, there was nothing there of value or threat, it was a far away, annoying country but it was someone else’s problem.

                Now, Europe wants to watch them burn for fun.

                If they hadn’t invaded Ukraine they would have been able to hold this illusion for decades more while the oligarchs continued to rob the country to deposit into British banks, but now, Russia is a threat that needs to be dealt with.

                Fortunately, it’s not much of a threat, and this shouldn’t take too long, the only reason it’s taking this long right now is because we can only help indirectly through Ukraine.

                But Russia is stupid, hopefully they’ll do something Russian and pick a fight with the rest of NATO, because that’s just what they do.

                • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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                  3910 months ago

                  Now they’re clearly the 2nd strongest military in Ukraine.

                  Delusions like this are sending Ukranians to pointless deaths right now.

                  The worst part is you will never stop to consider the implications of being so wrong on this when the war is finally resolved (with Russia and Ukraine in basically the same territories as now). Instead, you’ll toss this one in the “history” pile with Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc., you know, the wars where you tell yourself you would have seen through the propaganda had you witnessed it in real time. Then you’ll cheerlead the next war because It’s A Good One This Time.

                  • @InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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                    310 months ago

                    Delusions like this are sending Ukranians to pointless deaths right now.

                    Delusions like “a 3 hour special military operation”?

                    Yeah, I’m the one with delusions, not the country that’s shooting itself in the dick, and literally assassinated several of its citizens in this post without any due process whatsoever.

                • barrbaric [he/him]
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                  1010 months ago

                  But Russia is stupid, hopefully they’ll do something Russian and pick a fight with the rest of NATO, because that’s just what they do.

                  I hope they don’t because that would in all likelihood escalate to nuclear war.

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      10 months ago

      were? so you admit that Russia is winning?

      besides, this is not what this thread is about, go cope to someone who cares

      • @InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        No, they were losing to tractors, and Moskva was sunk without a navy.

        Now they’re getting real gear and training to play.

        The only thing Russia ever wins are Darwin awards. Fucking being proud of almost hurting a country a fraction of your size right next door, like the US being proud of conquering Ottawa.

        Say hi to those F-16s for me.

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          10 months ago

          Say hi to those F-16s for me

          I’m sure they’ll be just as effective as the Leopards, the ghost of kieyiev will destroy the entire Russian army

        • captcha [any]
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          2710 months ago

          Say hi to those F-16s for me

          We’re literally dumping decades old hardware on them just so we can keep justify buying more F-35s.

            • duderium [he/him]
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              2210 months ago

              We built those to fight evil Russians

              At what point do you realize that you have transformed into the jingoistic goobers who were cheerleading the Iraq War during the W. years?

            • FakeNewsForDogs [he/him]
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              1510 months ago

              “Evil Russians.” Jesus Christ. As if the West did not rehabilitate European fascists immediately after WW2 and end up on the side of imperialism in every conflict around the world for the rest of the century and beyond. Many of which they themselves instigated. Get a fucking grip.

                • FakeNewsForDogs [he/him]
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                  1110 months ago

                  Definitely did not miss that. Whatever you think about the USSR, you cannot, without grotesque distortions of history, say that they rehabilitated European fascism. They executed nazis while the western powers were giving them citizenship, jobs, money, and weapons. And if you think soviet efforts to support revolutionary movements around the globe were “imperialism,” I’m not sure what to tell you besides please read a book.

            • Kuori [she/her]
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              1510 months ago

              ah, there’s the fascist lurking within every liberal. you should follow your leader

              • @InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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                210 months ago

                Not that you have shame? But this post is literally about putin assassinating a citizen of his in cold blood with no trial alongside several other innocent bystanders.

                And you tried to use the word fascist to someone on the internet.

                • Romeo [he/him]
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                  1010 months ago

                  The people that died were fascists and Mercs, why do you care how they died? Do you hate Russia or not? This was a truly successful denazification action if you wanna get silly with it.

        • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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          1610 months ago

          Fucking being proud of almost hurting a country a fraction of your size right next door, like the US being proud of conquering Ottawa.

          Look up the US attack on Grenada

            • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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              The enemy is both strong and weak at the same time. Russians are simultaneously cowardly, repulsive and primitive (and evil, according to you), while also being barely held at bay because their innate savage brutality lets them ignore casualties, but like in an evil way, not the good heroic way we ignore casulaties when we drive our tanks headfirst into minefields. Gotcha.