Putin, and most of the Russian talking heads, are like that guy from the Iraq war. I can’t remember the name, Baghdad Bob or something like that? Just totally separated from reality.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (Arabic: محمد سعيد الصحاف; Muḥammad Saʿīd Al-Ṣaḥḥāf)[citation needed] is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2001. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq, during which he was the Minister of Information under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party and Saddam’s government. He has also been nicknamed Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali (a play on “Chemical Ali”) for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq
I joined at the first sign of the reddit exodus. And .ml was the largest instance at the time, figured I’d get more content by joining here. I’ve got a .ca account too. I’m not a Marxist-Leninist, nor am I a Tanky, more of a Anarcho-Syndicalist. Just because I don’t agree with western governance in my country of birth (Canada) or my country of residence (UK) and also think that the US is quickly becoming the 4th Reich, doesn’t mean I can’t see that China and Russia are by no means a communist/socialist paradise, and actually probably worse than the States for the majority of their people.
TLDR: Fuck Putin, fuck Xi Jinping, fuck Trump, the Fascist cunts, string em up.
Tbf, Russia and China seem very much capitalist economies, but I'm not an economist, so there's that. But an authoritarian is an authoritarian, regardless of where on the spectrum they fall.
Oh they are definitely capitalist economies, China pretends to be communist, but definitely is not. Thing is that Tankies typically defend Russia and China as great countries unfairly maligned by the west. I’m not a Tanky. I have no issue with the Chinese or Russian people, but their governments are fucked, and anyone who cucks for them is deluding themselves.
They aren’t allowed at the opening ceremony but are still allowed to compete (not under their flags). Not good enough IMO. They should be completely barred.
This is just Putin testing the waters and checking to see what NATO will do in this scenario. I can guarantee they’d be a lot more careful if we just told them “Any Russian or Belarusian aircraft or missile in or near the Ukrainian AO will be tracked by NATO forces. Any Russian or Belarusian aircraft or missile that crosses from the Ukrainian AO into NATO airspace or territory will be shot down with prejudice.” And then did it. That is the sort of “red line” that Putin understands.
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