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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLavrov just explained why Russia had to start a war with Ukraine and it's pure Orwell:
Link to tweet
Carlitos Brigante
(26,507 posts)highplainsdem
(49,065 posts)mzmolly
(51,016 posts)"...catapulting the propaganda."
Wicked Blue
(5,861 posts)Supposedly a quote from the Vietnam War
patphil
(6,235 posts)woodsprite
(11,937 posts)Kid Berwyn
(15,018 posts)IMPOTUS: "I actually took one when I -- very recently, when I -- when I was -- the radical left were saying, is he all there? Is he all there? And I proved I was all there, because I got -- I aced it. I aced the test. I took it at Walter Reed Medical Center in front of doctors. And they were very surprised. They said, that's an unbelievable thing. Rarely does anybody do what you just did."
Sources:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/politics/trump-hannity-coronavirus/index.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-state-tv-calls-trump-their-agent
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,843 posts)OMFG! How ludicrous.
ck4829
(35,094 posts)Is it great? Is it Norway? Is it Sweden?
No.
BUT, there have been encouraging developments in Ukraine.
And let's compare those benchmarks to Russia, shall we?
https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia
https://freedomhouse.org/country/ukraine
https://rsf.org/en/ukraine
https://rsf.org/en/russia
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)Putin has been in charge, been dictating in Russia so long, that he owns all of Russia's failures.
Putin is a failure.
Zelensky's success, because and with Ukrainian efficiency due to freedom and democracy, ... his success, the comedian's success leading Ukraine has made Putin's failure all the more glaring since he is supposed to be the professional. Certainly Putin has had a free hand, but all he manages is a kleptocracy.
world wide wally
(21,758 posts)Takket
(21,655 posts)"The Russian operation is being carried out to free Ukrainians from FREEDOM so WE can determine their future".
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Move over Tokyo Rose and Baghdad Bob, Lyin Lavrov wants his place at the table.
Aristus
(66,487 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,988 posts)A similar slogan
lefthandedskyhook
(965 posts)RUSSIA HAS OPPRESSED UKRAINE FOR CENTURIES
Russia wants to oppress Ukraine again. Russia LIES!!!
LudwigPastorius
(9,210 posts)Yeah, like the Crimean referendum that resulted in, SURPRISE!, every citizen super keen on joining the Russian Federation.
What a load of Bolshevik bear shit.