I don't think the Afghan war was framed in the same way.
There's a reason why the Russians say they're fighting Nazis in Ukraine, they're selling this war to the Russian people as The Great Patriotic War 2.0
@call-me-dave.bsky.social
Bit of this, bit of that.
I don't think the Afghan war was framed in the same way.
There's a reason why the Russians say they're fighting Nazis in Ukraine, they're selling this war to the Russian people as The Great Patriotic War 2.0
How is it retaliation when they've been doing it every night for years?
06.06.2025 08:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The whole Russian national psyche is built on the story of the 'great patriotic war' and victory despite crushing levels of casualties.
My fear is that the Russian people think the casualty rate in Ukraine is somehow 'normal'.
It's no real surprise that two deeply flawed individuals with grotesquely sized egos couldn't get along.
05.06.2025 21:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have no idea what that word means
05.06.2025 17:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Can't wait for Trump to call him a smack head
05.06.2025 17:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0She has excellent focus
05.06.2025 16:39 β π 29 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Cold and incisive take down of Karoline Levitt by Ross Atkins of the BBC, proving that it's the White House that needs to get its facts straight.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
We're one fucked up species edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/a...
01.06.2025 20:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That seems to indicate attacks on 5 airbases!
01.06.2025 13:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Those planes are irreplaceable. Massive blow to Russian capabilities.
01.06.2025 13:41 β π 32 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Ukrainian drones have chased the Russian fleet out of the Black Sea, shot modern jet fighters out of the sky and now dealt a massive blow to the Russian strategic bomber force. War has certainly changed.
01.06.2025 13:19 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You don't have to be a billionaire to get a top job in the US government, but it sure helps.
31.05.2025 20:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I bet Ukraine wish they'd kept theirs.
31.05.2025 20:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Not sure if Europeans - UK included - fully understand that security following a Russian victory in Ukraine will cost far more than 3% of GDP.
31.05.2025 20:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We don't get much say on Russian education though
29.05.2025 12:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Coked up to the eyeballs I reckon
29.05.2025 08:12 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Have to admire his honesty.
29.05.2025 07:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Currently running at 1 terrorist mastermind eliminated for every 9000 innocent kids.
28.05.2025 17:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Well that wasn't a rambling and incoherent answer, no not at all π¬.
28.05.2025 17:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Haha, good point
27.05.2025 20:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As a cyclist, I find the description of running as 'expensive' laughable.
27.05.2025 19:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Medvedev mentions nuclear war three times a week. Nobody is listening.
27.05.2025 19:09 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Hard to see them not making gains. Also hard to see the gains being worth the losses.
27.05.2025 19:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The cult of contrarianism - the refusal to believe any official narrative no matter how plausible - is a modern sickness fueled by social media.
27.05.2025 18:54 β π 39 π 1 π¬ 3 π 0Social media will fill any information vacuum with lies and nonsense. Sad that it was necessary, but it was necessary.
27.05.2025 07:06 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It's right that they should get ahead of any misinformation given what happened after Southport.
26.05.2025 19:08 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I won't share it but from the clip I've seen it looks like a deliberate act. Thoughts with all those affected.
26.05.2025 18:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Shocking scenes in Liverpool, hope nobody is seriously hurt.
26.05.2025 18:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Putin doesn't care if he's happy or not
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