They're all alive. They surrendered. There weren't 13. Instead, there were 82. This was customary wartime propaganda and Zelensky's government created and perpetuated the lie, even going so far as to discuss the honors and funeral plans for the "13."
Now, I know, I know, lying through propaganda is okay when it's "our side." The truth being a minor casualty when such fibs are told. It goes without saying that if you point out these lies, you are, in fact, a Russian "asset," and an opponent of democracy.
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It goes without saying that if you point out these lies, you are, in fact, a Russian "asset," and an opponent of democracy.
Not to mention a homophobic racist.
It’s always a pleasure knowing you have your fingers on the pulse of conflict and are so very willing to share.
Finding out they were captured after their heroic deaths had been reported makes Putin’s invasion all the better.
I would only see this because you are compassionate humans seeking a higher truth.
I remember when the US Benghazi consulate was attacked, how right you all were in knowing immediately that Hillary was the killer. My hats off to you.
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So far Russia didn't even fight Ukraine Army except those 2 regions in eastern Ukraine which have been war zone for 8 years anyway. He knows it. How come Russia will fight civilians? He needs to keep his people safe, not let these untrained people to fight.
Is he forcing them into the hands of children? No.
Is he allowing adult males to take them? Yes. They have a choice, and they are the Ukrainian militia. They can defend their homeland from aggression, or not. It rings a little false that you are worried about people getting hurt when your side is shooting at them in their backyard.
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Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10560821/amp/Man-SLAMMED-saying-unfair-men-fight-war-Ukraine-children-women-leave.html
Every nation has the draft. I saw the report where they were handling out weapons to the willing. If he has instituted a draft, then that too is his option...indeed, he should have done it weeks ago. Your criticism on that point is bizarre. "Don't arm yourselves so we can take over your country quicker." I mean, I guess you can beg them to disarm, but that isn't how this works.
Troops and civilians are different. Troops are pros, civilians are not You draft civilians and train them to make pros. You can't hand in AK-47 to untrained civilians. If I make you do electrical work without training you to become a licensed electrician. My true intention maybe is to get you extricuted because I know how dangerous it is. At least it's a counterproductive approach that you can only find Hollywood movies that romantize war.
Link: https://mobile.twitter.com/JDPlatinumINVST/status/1498418936932622337
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Ukraine is fighting for its life, so I suppose I will pardon them adding propaganda to their arsenal. It is, after all, a standard weapon to motivate a country's people during war time. And, if it motivates them sufficiently, perhaps Putin will lose, which is what we all want to happen.
Granted, that's probably what the Dems thought ("fighting for the country's life") when Hilary came up with all that bullshit about Trump...except we were not at war, and we were just trying to have a working democratic republic, which relies on truth to work, which makes their propaganda BS a threat to our republic (as Chris was so often worried about).
Why anyone believes the so called Main Stream Media is beyond me. They are all propogandists with an agenda of some kind and lazy at that.
facts are hard to come by.
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I know you're not a Putin supporter, nor do you condone the targeting of civilians. Putin is the enemy.
Hopefully the Russian people and some high ranking military members will declare that "enough is enough" and take Putin out. He definitely needs to go.
protect their power
Don't you think Russia's invasion of a sovereign country a bigger deal? Putin's targeting of civilians is also a bigger deal, yes? Like I said, I don't think you're a Putin cocksucker like Eli.
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Seems that this is a bigger deal to you than what Russia's doing to the Ukraine.
Most anytime someone's response in a debate is, "Well, why do you care about this,anyways," it's because that person feels on the defensive and doesn't want to address the issue at hand. In fact, I can't remember the last time I encountered it that this wasn't the case. The fact that simply pointing out this lie elicits strong reactions when it is, after all, a statement of fact, similarly makes some of us wonder why the objectors would care if it is such a small issue. The behavior doesn't align with the declaration. Will you have the same reaction when someone points out Russian propaganda, like, for instance, the claim of mass desertions by Ukrainian troops, while other news services paint a different picture? That sounds like a minor point, given the standard here.
I have always worked on the assumption that those government entities that are grounded in concealment and manipulation are usually doing just that. Over the decades, I'm rarely the one who has to rationalize, minimize, or contort to explain away why I gullibly (or perniciously) helped perpetuate state propaganda for some disastrous foreign escapade or boondoggle.
with all of the other bigger issues taking place. Like I said, earlier...who cares?
The truth is that Russia is the aggressor. the Ukraine posed NO threat to Russia. Russia is becoming more and more isolated from the world every day.
I actually commented that this is the norm during wartime or in the leadup to war. In other words, it's a common occurrence. More than any military or political implications, I'm most interested in why the class of people who are supposed to be our most skeptical, mostly fall for such dubious pieces of propaganda so easily, again and again. I've come to doubt that our aspiring journalists are taught anymore that one of their central responsibilities is to challenge those in power and what they tell us. More often than not, they show themselves to be parrots for these folks and entities and attack those who are skeptical.
Maybe I read that wrong. My apologies.
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As always, this ass is best ignored.
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You are lucky Russians are white. Otherwise you would be in trouble.
I think it was about, what, 10 years ago, when the "Russian mafia" became the go to bad guys on TV? Can't have minority criminals on TV.
was manipulated in the oddest ways getting your water head through the birth canal...piece of Russian shit.
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Hey, these must be really good people! Look how emotional they're getting!
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