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Did I get this right: Country waging war calls a union warmongers for not waging war together with other country waging war?
Against their own ally, who they are helping wage war.
Tankies: *confused screeching*
For once, I'm with the tankies.
Well, yeah, if Iran gets out of this unscathed, russia has to pay money for all those drones. Can't imagine they have a lot in reserve.
Hey! Dont be such a warmonger with your sensible words!
You got it right, but they know they're a pot calling the kettle black. It's a strategic move to instigate dissent. Russia don't give a fuck, boi.
Russia wants Europe to get caught up in the Middle East so they won't be able to support Ukraine. That's all it is.
And then after Ukraine.. probably Poland. Who knows.
These guys never stop.
Some seem to think Israel only wanted Gaza. Russia only wants Ukraine..
And then they will chill out.
Nope.
Apparently, so does tramp...mmm. I guess the only way to get a break with tramp is to...send drones to Iran, like his buddy putain?
Not all. Russia is also supremely interested in NATO breaking up. So sowing dissension between NATO members (mainly US and all the rest) is also the point.
Trump is of course doing very well all on his own in attempting to reach that goal, but Russia will stoke that fire until it finally happens.
No, they want the oil price high so they can get foreign-currency earnings they can use to buy weapons and keep their economy ticking over. And Netanyahu and Trump delivered that.
It also goes to show once again that Russia does not have allies, they have opportunities. Iran was supposed to be one of their closest allies, but Russia is basically throwing them under the train for slight advantage in Ukraine.
Tbf the US is the same in that regard.
"The masks are off," Dmitriev wrote. "U.K. and EU warmongers are showing how deeply anti-Trump they really are. They tried to hide it for a long time, but now everyone can see it."
State-level trolling.
At the same time, Dmitriev's comments were widely seen as effectively encouraging additional countries to join military action against Tehran — one of Moscow's key strategic partners.
Except it may not be contradictory in terms of goals. Russia does not want the EU to be a US vassal. Not for altruistic reasons but because it'll be easier to restore trade with an unaligned EU. At the same time Russia might (perhaps correctly) consider that NATO cannot reopen the strait given how trivial and cheap it is for Iran to keep it closed. The longer the war lasts, the longer the strait stays closed, the more everyone needs Russian fossil fuels. And at the same time any naval assets that enter the strait are likely going down, which would diminish the naval capabilities of these actors as well as their military power projection.
> "The masks are off," Dmitriev wrote. "U.K. and EU warmongers are showing how deeply anti-Trump they really are. They tried to hide it for a long time, but now everyone can see it."
So…what are they really saying here? This war is about being loyal to Trump? That other countries are either for this war or against Trump? Are they speaking to Trump when they say this, so he frames it this way? Since when do leaders from other countries need to show deference to Trump? Since when is he leader of Earth that requires compliance?
Probably trying to drive a wedge between Trump amd the EU, wormtongue-style, in the hopes of having Trump lift more sanctions or punishing Ukraine through some other means in retaliation.
accused European leaders of being "anti-Trump"
As they - and anyone else with a brain and/or conscience- should be by this point, if not way earlier.
I sincerely hope at least one EU leader responds with something like "Why, yes, we are. Thank you for noticing."
Slams!
My kids and their friends were so disapointed after reading the news for a week, then going to parliament as a a school trip to learn how the system works.
They were really disapointed in the lack of slamming. They thought it would be more like pro wrestling.
Russia is too busy getting their ass handed to them by Ukraine, a country about ten times smaller than they are. They should shut the fuck up on matters of war.
Or anything, really.
Ukraine's population is about 40M. Russia's is 143M. Still a big difference, but not an order of magnitude different.
According to your stats, by population Russia is over 3x the size of Ukraine. According to land mass Russia's 17 million km² vs Ukraine's .6 million km² is 28x larger.
Regardless of the metric, it's a big difference.
Now I'm sure putin actually encouraged trump to do this.
They'll really say any damned thing to muddy the waters, won't they? Fucking nihilist parasites.
Dude looks like he was irradiated at Chernobyl
What being a hateful piece of shit does to your skin.
I thought he was one of the antagonists from Wrong Turn.