Russia Surrounded

[craner]

 

[Leo]

Ukraine getting saucy

 

[Mr. Tea]

Ukraine getting saucy

Ha, that's awesome!

 

[version]

 

[Leo]

occupy democrats sides with army generals, aka the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

 

[version]

Such a ridiculous account. That tweet reads like something someone would breathlessly shout through a megaphone to muted response.

 

[Leo]

they're just as bad as any MAGA account on the other side.

 

[version]

Insight: How a German state helped Moscow push a pipeline, weakening Ukraine

In the north German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where former Chancellor Angela Merkel had her constituency, ties to Russia run deep – so deep, in fact, its leaders have defended a Kremlin project that the United States says helped cripple Ukraine.

www.reuters.com

 

[sus]

All this sanctions stuff is ridic.

"They've been very very bad, and now they will be punished"

 

[luka]

All this sanctions stuff is ridic.

"They've been very very bad, and now they will be punished"

you mean imposing sanctions is ridic. or that the way it is presented in the media is ridic? or both?

 

[craner]

you mean imposing sanctions is ridic. or that the way it is presented in the media is ridic? or both?

He means he wants to smash Putin's face in.

 

[luka]

i agree, let's smash his face in. charge of the light brigade.

 

[version]

I knew of Azov Battalion, but I didn't realise the extent of the antisemitism problem in Ukraine, nor how connected Azov is.

Rights groups demand Israel stop arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine

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www.haaretz.com

 

[craner]

I knew of Azov Battalion, but I didn't realise the extent of the antisemitism problem in Ukraine, nor how connected Azov is.

Rights groups demand Israel stop arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine

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www.haaretz.com

Haven't you ever read about the Holocaust?

 

[version]

Haven't you ever read about the Holocaust?

I don't think the people I'm talking about were around for the Holocaust, Craner.

 

[luka]

i've never read about the holocaust. i tend to think of people who read about it as basically the same as people who like reading about serial killers.

 

[craner]

I don't think the people I'm talking about were around for the Holocaust, Craner.

But you seemed surprised by the antisemitism in Ukraine!

 

[craner]

Ukrainian units were some of the most enthusiastic murderers of Jews. Reading books helps you learn about things like this.

 

[version]

But you seemed surprised by the antisemitism in Ukraine!

Yeah, present day Ukraine.

 

[craner]

Yeah, present day Ukraine.

OK, I'll let you off.