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Anonymous wrote:The strike killed both parents of a 14-year old girl who is currently in intensive care with a skull injury.

Which begs the question. Are there situations where terrorism (and that’s what the bridge attack essentially is) is justified?
I think Ukraine has been doing extremely well in the PR war so far. Yet this is something that might (or might not?) harm their image of an innocent victim of a brutal attack of a big bad wolf. Or is anything that hurts the bad guy justified?

This was not terrorism. Russia invaded Ukraine. The Kerch bridge is used by Russia to supply its occupying troops in Crimea. It is very much a legitimate military target. Have you said a word about the thousands of Ukrainian civilians that Russia has deliberately murdered?

I thought we already agreed Russia is a bad, bad guy.
I am more interested in Ukrainian tactic. I have a feeling the world will agree with you. It’s ok to kill civilians if they are from the bad bad country.

Nobody (or at least very few) is saying it's okay to kill civilians. I feel terrible for this girl. I feel terrible for all the kids that have been impacted by Putin's ego/idiocy. But this isn't terrorism. The bridge is a legitimate military target that Ukraine should continue to pound. Russia shouldn't be encouraging its citizens to vacation in a war zone.

My goal is not to argue or counter what you said; I am just interested in how this is painted to the world and perceived by an average US person. I know now.

DP. I saw reported yesterday that the Russian government was encouraging Russians to vacation in Crimea this summer, Putin thinking they would serve as a human shield/deterrent to Ukrainian attacks.

Reported by who?
I have relatives and friends in Russia and the general consensus that it’s pretty risky to vacation there now. There is no mass campaign to go there (like there is a campaign to sign up to serve in the army, flyers everywhere).
The ones who still go are either reckless or they don’t have money for any other vacation and heard they can stay there on the cheap.

We are at the Aegean coast in Turkey just now and Russians are at least 50% of all vacation business. Shopkeepers speak Russian, hotels and resorts are hiring Russian speakers to serve them…nothing has changed here. Tons of them at higher end hotels and villas too.

Turkey should not be a part of nato. neither should hungary. they don't share our values.

Ukraine now does.

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Anonymous wrote:This forum is populated with glee filled right wing naysayers eager to sht on anything Ukraine does because they're ignorant and rely on Fox News to tell them what to think. Fox and newsmax or whatever idiocy “news” stations with advertisements for Mypillow and reverse mortgages.

It’s really pathetic. You all are so angry about Ukraine fighting back. Or NATO getting stronger. We all know you’ve never been to Europe and don’t like filthy foreigners and their Godless ways or whatever stupid reasons you have for supporting Russia, but it’s getting so annoying listening to you cheer on the commies.

So it’s either you chucklefks chiming in on here with complete dunning Kruger Watters talking points about how much America is spending. it’s worth it to anyone with a brain and can see it, but you can’t.

Or the other contingent on here is literally Russian proGanda AI bots or paid shills in cubicles trying to lower morale or pretend to be “pacificists” who think that Ukrainians should just give up.

Oh look the big bad weapon has come out to crush those who dare to disagree!

Big bad weapon? Did you mean wolf? I guess lost in translation with the rest of your propaganda.

Same old same old
When someone disagrees and you run out of counter arguments, just call them trolls, bots, or shills

I honestly do that as a compliment. No intelligent person would be stupid enough to support Russia in this, and you’re not supporting Russia’s side on this, right? You do agree they are the aggressor right? You can see that they invaded crimea and annexed that and are now trying to annex Ukraine and get more territory, access to the Black Sea and grain, right? They want their former glory back.

but as we have seen, America has been steadfast and helped to unite the EU. We’ve gotten NATO to start upping its funding and enlist new members. We’ve decimated Russia’s economy. We basically played this very well and used a small amount of our defensive budget for massive gains in soft and hard power globally. I think the Biden admin has done a masterful job with this. Even Mitch Mcconell agrees and republicans are in support.

You can see that, right? You’re not a Russian stooge, correct? You’re definitely not a propaganda bot. You’re an intelligent, sentient human who can understand things, right? I’m sure you are and so, from a macro perspective, can understand and agree with what I’m saying.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread should be retitled:

Russian Bot or MAGA Mental patient?

Plenty of us are tired of our military being used to settle a certain ethno-religious group's petty grievances as well.

thanks for clearing that up. When, pray tell, do you feel it’s warranted for us to help other people, bot? In this case America is working in lockstep with the EU and NATO, so I’ll trust their judgement over your computer generated propaganda or maybe it’s Fox News fed idiocy.

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Anonymous wrote:This forum is populated with glee filled right wing naysayers eager to sht on anything Ukraine does because they're ignorant and rely on Fox News to tell them what to think. Fox and newsmax or whatever idiocy “news” stations with advertisements for Mypillow and reverse mortgages.

It’s really pathetic. You all are so angry about Ukraine fighting back. Or NATO getting stronger. We all know you’ve never been to Europe and don’t like filthy foreigners and their Godless ways or whatever stupid reasons you have for supporting Russia, but it’s getting so annoying listening to you cheer on the commies.

So it’s either you chucklefks chiming in on here with complete dunning Kruger Watters talking points about how much America is spending. it’s worth it to anyone with a brain and can see it, but you can’t.

Or the other contingent on here is literally Russian proGanda AI bots or paid shills in cubicles trying to lower morale or pretend to be “pacificists” who think that Ukrainians should just give up.

Oh look the big bad weapon has come out to crush those who dare to disagree!

Big bad weapon? Did you mean wolf? I guess lost in translation with the rest of your propaganda.

Same old same old
When someone disagrees and you run out of counter arguments, just call them trolls, bots, or shills

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Anonymous wrote:This thread should be retitled:

Russian Bot or MAGA Mental patient?

Plenty of us are tired of our military being used to settle a certain ethno-religious group's petty grievances as well.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread should be retitled:

Russian Bot or MAGA Mental patient?

Plenty of us are tired of our military being used to settle a certain ethno-religious group's petty grievances as well.

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Anonymous wrote:This forum is populated with glee filled right wing naysayers eager to sht on anything Ukraine does because they're ignorant and rely on Fox News to tell them what to think. Fox and newsmax or whatever idiocy “news” stations with advertisements for Mypillow and reverse mortgages.

It’s really pathetic. You all are so angry about Ukraine fighting back. Or NATO getting stronger. We all know you’ve never been to Europe and don’t like filthy foreigners and their Godless ways or whatever stupid reasons you have for supporting Russia, but it’s getting so annoying listening to you cheer on the commies.

So it’s either you chucklefks chiming in on here with complete dunning Kruger Watters talking points about how much America is spending. it’s worth it to anyone with a brain and can see it, but you can’t.

Or the other contingent on here is literally Russian proGanda AI bots or paid shills in cubicles trying to lower morale or pretend to be “pacificists” who think that Ukrainians should just give up.

Oh look the big bad weapon has come out to crush those who dare to disagree!

Big bad weapon? Did you mean wolf? I guess lost in translation with the rest of your propaganda.

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Anonymous wrote:The strike killed both parents of a 14-year old girl who is currently in intensive care with a skull injury.

Which begs the question. Are there situations where terrorism (and that’s what the bridge attack essentially is) is justified?
I think Ukraine has been doing extremely well in the PR war so far. Yet this is something that might (or might not?) harm their image of an innocent victim of a brutal attack of a big bad wolf. Or is anything that hurts the bad guy justified?

This was not terrorism. Russia invaded Ukraine. The Kerch bridge is used by Russia to supply its occupying troops in Crimea. It is very much a legitimate military target. Have you said a word about the thousands of Ukrainian civilians that Russia has deliberately murdered?

I thought we already agreed Russia is a bad, bad guy.
I am more interested in Ukrainian tactic. I have a feeling the world will agree with you. It’s ok to kill civilians if they are from the bad bad country.

Nobody (or at least very few) is saying it's okay to kill civilians. I feel terrible for this girl. I feel terrible for all the kids that have been impacted by Putin's ego/idiocy. But this isn't terrorism. The bridge is a legitimate military target that Ukraine should continue to pound. Russia shouldn't be encouraging its citizens to vacation in a war zone.

My goal is not to argue or counter what you said; I am just interested in how this is painted to the world and perceived by an average US person. I know now.

DP. I saw reported yesterday that the Russian government was encouraging Russians to vacation in Crimea this summer, Putin thinking they would serve as a human shield/deterrent to Ukrainian attacks.

Reported by who?
I have relatives and friends in Russia and the general consensus that it’s pretty risky to vacation there now. There is no mass campaign to go there (like there is a campaign to sign up to serve in the army, flyers everywhere).
The ones who still go are either reckless or they don’t have money for any other vacation and heard they can stay there on the cheap.

We are at the Aegean coast in Turkey just now and Russians are at least 50% of all vacation business. Shopkeepers speak Russian, hotels and resorts are hiring Russian speakers to serve them…nothing has changed here. Tons of them at higher end hotels and villas too.

Turkey should not be a part of nato. neither should hungary. they don't share our values.

Ukraine now does.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This forum is populated with glee filled right wing naysayers eager to sht on anything Ukraine does because they're ignorant and rely on Fox News to tell them what to think. Fox and newsmax or whatever idiocy “news” stations with advertisements for Mypillow and reverse mortgages.

It’s really pathetic. You all are so angry about Ukraine fighting back. Or NATO getting stronger. We all know you’ve never been to Europe and don’t like filthy foreigners and their Godless ways or whatever stupid reasons you have for supporting Russia, but it’s getting so annoying listening to you cheer on the commies.

So it’s either you chucklefks chiming in on here with complete dunning Kruger Watters talking points about how much America is spending. it’s worth it to anyone with a brain and can see it, but you can’t.

Or the other contingent on here is literally Russian proGanda AI bots or paid shills in cubicles trying to lower morale or pretend to be “pacificists” who think that Ukrainians should just give up.

Oh look the big bad weapon has come out to crush those who dare to disagree!

When you reply like that, you don’t exactly disprove pp’s claim.

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Anonymous wrote:The strike killed both parents of a 14-year old girl who is currently in intensive care with a skull injury.

Which begs the question. Are there situations where terrorism (and that’s what the bridge attack essentially is) is justified?
I think Ukraine has been doing extremely well in the PR war so far. Yet this is something that might (or might not?) harm their image of an innocent victim of a brutal attack of a big bad wolf. Or is anything that hurts the bad guy justified?

This was not terrorism. Russia invaded Ukraine. The Kerch bridge is used by Russia to supply its occupying troops in Crimea. It is very much a legitimate military target. Have you said a word about the thousands of Ukrainian civilians that Russia has deliberately murdered?

I thought we already agreed Russia is a bad, bad guy.
I am more interested in Ukrainian tactic. I have a feeling the world will agree with you. It’s ok to kill civilians if they are from the bad bad country.

Nobody (or at least very few) is saying it's okay to kill civilians. I feel terrible for this girl. I feel terrible for all the kids that have been impacted by Putin's ego/idiocy. But this isn't terrorism. The bridge is a legitimate military target that Ukraine should continue to pound. Russia shouldn't be encouraging its citizens to vacation in a war zone.

My goal is not to argue or counter what you said; I am just interested in how this is painted to the world and perceived by an average US person. I know now.

DP. I saw reported yesterday that the Russian government was encouraging Russians to vacation in Crimea this summer, Putin thinking they would serve as a human shield/deterrent to Ukrainian attacks.

Reported by who?
I have relatives and friends in Russia and the general consensus that it’s pretty risky to vacation there now. There is no mass campaign to go there (like there is a campaign to sign up to serve in the army, flyers everywhere).
The ones who still go are either reckless or they don’t have money for any other vacation and heard they can stay there on the cheap.

We are at the Aegean coast in Turkey just now and Russians are at least 50% of all vacation business. Shopkeepers speak Russian, hotels and resorts are hiring Russian speakers to serve them…nothing has changed here. Tons of them at higher end hotels and villas too.

Anonymous wrote:This thread should be retitled:

Russian Bot or MAGA Mental patient?

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Anonymous wrote:The strike killed both parents of a 14-year old girl who is currently in intensive care with a skull injury.

Which begs the question. Are there situations where terrorism (and that’s what the bridge attack essentially is) is justified?
I think Ukraine has been doing extremely well in the PR war so far. Yet this is something that might (or might not?) harm their image of an innocent victim of a brutal attack of a big bad wolf. Or is anything that hurts the bad guy justified?

This was not terrorism. Russia invaded Ukraine. The Kerch bridge is used by Russia to supply its occupying troops in Crimea. It is very much a legitimate military target. Have you said a word about the thousands of Ukrainian civilians that Russia has deliberately murdered?

I thought we already agreed Russia is a bad, bad guy.
I am more interested in Ukrainian tactic. I have a feeling the world will agree with you. It’s ok to kill civilians if they are from the bad bad country.

Nobody (or at least very few) is saying it's okay to kill civilians. I feel terrible for this girl. I feel terrible for all the kids that have been impacted by Putin's ego/idiocy. But this isn't terrorism. The bridge is a legitimate military target that Ukraine should continue to pound. Russia shouldn't be encouraging its citizens to vacation in a war zone.

My goal is not to argue or counter what you said; I am just interested in how this is painted to the world and perceived by an average US person. I know now.

DP. I saw reported yesterday that the Russian government was encouraging Russians to vacation in Crimea this summer, Putin thinking they would serve as a human shield/deterrent to Ukrainian attacks.

Reported by who?
I have relatives and friends in Russia and the general consensus that it’s pretty risky to vacation there now. There is no mass campaign to go there (like there is a campaign to sign up to serve in the army, flyers everywhere).
The ones who still go are either reckless or they don’t have money for any other vacation and heard they can stay there on the cheap.

We are at the Aegean coast in Turkey just now and Russians are at least 50% of all vacation business. Shopkeepers speak Russian, hotels and resorts are hiring Russian speakers to serve them…nothing has changed here. Tons of them at higher end hotels and villas too.

Turkey should not be a part of nato. neither should hungary. they don't share our values.

Ukraine now does.

Viktor Orban shares my values.

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Anonymous wrote:The strike killed both parents of a 14-year old girl who is currently in intensive care with a skull injury.

Which begs the question. Are there situations where terrorism (and that’s what the bridge attack essentially is) is justified?
I think Ukraine has been doing extremely well in the PR war so far. Yet this is something that might (or might not?) harm their image of an innocent victim of a brutal attack of a big bad wolf. Or is anything that hurts the bad guy justified?

This was not terrorism. Russia invaded Ukraine. The Kerch bridge is used by Russia to supply its occupying troops in Crimea. It is very much a legitimate military target. Have you said a word about the thousands of Ukrainian civilians that Russia has deliberately murdered?

I thought we already agreed Russia is a bad, bad guy.
I am more interested in Ukrainian tactic. I have a feeling the world will agree with you. It’s ok to kill civilians if they are from the bad bad country.

Nobody (or at least very few) is saying it's okay to kill civilians. I feel terrible for this girl. I feel terrible for all the kids that have been impacted by Putin's ego/idiocy. But this isn't terrorism. The bridge is a legitimate military target that Ukraine should continue to pound. Russia shouldn't be encouraging its citizens to vacation in a war zone.

My goal is not to argue or counter what you said; I am just interested in how this is painted to the world and perceived by an average US person. I know now.

DP. I saw reported yesterday that the Russian government was encouraging Russians to vacation in Crimea this summer, Putin thinking they would serve as a human shield/deterrent to Ukrainian attacks.

Reported by who?
I have relatives and friends in Russia and the general consensus that it’s pretty risky to vacation there now. There is no mass campaign to go there (like there is a campaign to sign up to serve in the army, flyers everywhere).
The ones who still go are either reckless or they don’t have money for any other vacation and heard they can stay there on the cheap.

We are at the Aegean coast in Turkey just now and Russians are at least 50% of all vacation business. Shopkeepers speak Russian, hotels and resorts are hiring Russian speakers to serve them…nothing has changed here. Tons of them at higher end hotels and villas too.

Turkey should not be a part of nato. neither should hungary. they don't share our values.

Ukraine now does.