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Nevilledog

(51,166 posts)
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 11:51 PM Mar 2022

Next Russian excuse for escalation



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Angry Staffer
@Angry_Staffer
The Russians are claiming the Ukrainians & the Azov Battalion are going to blow up the nuclear reactor in Kharkiv and accuse them (the Russians) of firing projectiles at it… while the Russians are actively shooting rockets at it.

Orwell would be embarrassed at this gaslighting.
8:35 PM · Mar 6, 2022



I'm seeing a lot of this from disinfo researchers also.
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Lovie777

(12,313 posts)
1. Same MO that the GQP does . . ..
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 11:55 PM
Mar 2022

blame the other while doing it their selves. Russia sounds like they are going to blow up nuclear reactors in the Ukraine and poison the world including Mother Russia.

herding cats

(19,566 posts)
5. Yeah, a lot of that originated via Russian propaganda.
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 12:01 AM
Mar 2022

It's a fact. Then some here embraced it as their political mantra. I'm not making this up, it's validated and true.

herding cats

(19,566 posts)
19. Russian propaganda did happen here and influenced Americans.
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 05:35 AM
Mar 2022

Like I said, it's a fact. It's documented and non-disputable.

I spoke to a client last week who said the war in Ukraine was fake. I kid you not, that's how deeply the propaganda has influenced Americans.

herding cats

(19,566 posts)
2. This only works at home with his people spoon fed propaganda.
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 11:58 PM
Mar 2022

The rest of the world knows better and is appalled he's telling his people this tripe.

His propaganda war beyond his borders hasn't been doing so great. They're now forced to invest too many of their man hours locally. Which could, of course change, but right this moment he's mired down locally in his propaganda branch of his war.

Rubles don't go as far as they used to, and these propaganda folks aren't high enough up to earn foreign currency.

regnaD kciN

(26,045 posts)
3. In other words...
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 11:59 PM
Mar 2022

…we just reached the “No, it was the Sandinistas disguised as Contras that massacred their own village” level of propaganda.

TexasTowelie

(112,329 posts)
8. No, it was Antifa and Black Lives Matters disguised as "true patriots" that caused the disturbance
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 12:29 AM
Mar 2022

at the Capitol on January 6 level of propaganda.

Grokenstein

(5,727 posts)
11. Or the "Put China's flag on our jets" gambit.
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 02:19 AM
Mar 2022
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-wants-put-chinas-flag-jets-bomb-sht-out-russia-1685280

During a speech to donors in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday evening, Trump again addressed the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. The former president floated the idea of attempting to turn Moscow and Beijing against each other—suggesting that the U.S. could disguise F-22 fighter jets with Chinese flags "and bomb the sh*t out" out of Russia, according to audio reported by Washington Post journalist Josh Dawsey.

"And then we say, China did it, we didn't do, China did it, and then they start fighting with each other and we sit back and watch," Trump mused to the crowd of Republican donors.


Vlad's just as much of a "stable genius" (idiot mob goon) as his pet dim donnie.

canetoad

(17,175 posts)
4. Putin knows he has nothing
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 11:59 PM
Mar 2022

In terms of moral obligation or authority. He's reaching; just like someone who knows they have fucked up beyond all comprehension and is scrabbling to lay blame on others.

blue-wave

(4,357 posts)
6. If the Russians
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 12:03 AM
Mar 2022

blow up any nuclear reactors in Ukraine, the prevailing winds, from west to east, will carry the radiation over and onto Russia. How utterly moronic. Even without this fact, it's evil. The devils sitting in the Kremlin must be stopped.

Walleye

(31,034 posts)
7. Don't think the Ukrainians would blow up their own plant. Any more than we would riot to protest
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 12:18 AM
Mar 2022

An election that we won. Nobody outside of Russia believes Putin or Trump for that matter. There are those that pretend to believe him for their own personal advancement.

littlemissmartypants

(22,722 posts)
13. Vlad's got that maneuver planned for after he shuts down the www on the 11th of March.
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 02:27 AM
Mar 2022

🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻

wnylib

(21,555 posts)
15. This needs to be stated loudly in public
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 02:52 AM
Mar 2022

just as there intent to invade Ukraine was disclosed to the world.

Dirty Socialist

(3,252 posts)
16. We have to draw a line somewhere
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 03:48 AM
Mar 2022

Draw it there.
“A safe nuclear reactor or we are sending our jets”
Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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