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Nevilledog

(51,063 posts)
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 02:25 AM Jun 2022

Russian State TV telling citizens that Germany & Japan are preparing to attack Russia



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Russian state TV is now terrorizing citizens with a conspiracy theory that Germany and Japan⁠—egged on by the U.S.⁠—are getting ready to attack Russia, because aggression is in their genes.


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6:57 AM · Jun 3, 2022
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Russian State TV telling citizens that Germany & Japan are preparing to attack Russia (Original Post) Nevilledog Jun 2022 OP
and the Russian agression against... thomski64 Jun 2022 #1
We can only hope. Tomconroy Jun 2022 #2
I wonder how Putin would respond to major military exercises on his eastern and western borders? dutch777 Jun 2022 #3
And the Arctic. Marcuse Jun 2022 #4
What are you... VGNonly Jun 2022 #5
How did you guess? Marcuse Jun 2022 #6
Lovely, but you forgot the turtle. crickets Jun 2022 #8
It'd probably be helpful if Japan were to menace Russia a little. dawg Jun 2022 #7
Because terrorizing everyone with threats of WWIII wasn't enough. crickets Jun 2022 #9

thomski64

(452 posts)
1. and the Russian agression against...
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 02:29 AM
Jun 2022

...Chechnya, Georgia, Crimea and Syria were not genetic,
but,i guess learned behavior?

dutch777

(2,996 posts)
3. I wonder how Putin would respond to major military exercises on his eastern and western borders?
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 08:14 AM
Jun 2022

Simultaneously. Dangerous for sure as he already feels an existential threat from NATO and other US alliances but anything that distracts his military and spreads its attention helps Ukraine.

dawg

(10,622 posts)
7. It'd probably be helpful if Japan were to menace Russia a little.
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 11:08 AM
Jun 2022

Troops stationed on Sakhalin Island can't occupy Ukrainian villages.

(And Japan has a legitimate claim to the Southernmost Kuril Ilsands.)

crickets

(25,959 posts)
9. Because terrorizing everyone with threats of WWIII wasn't enough.
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 01:03 PM
Jun 2022

I feel sorry for the Russian people who actually believe the propaganda. We all know how awful it feels when the "terror and fear!" agitators get going, even if we know their threats aren't true.

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