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Evolve Dammit

(16,723 posts)
2. The absolute horror of this barbaric aggression cannot be expressed in whole, only pieces.
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 02:00 PM
Mar 2022

Fuck Putin and all Russians (or Americans) supporting this.

Botany

(70,483 posts)
5. None of this would be happening now if we had stood up and stopped Putin from installing Trump '16.
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 02:20 PM
Mar 2022

So many American Traitors such as Flynn, Manafort, Gates, Stone, McConnell, and all those
GOP Senators* who let Trump off the hook from trying to blackmail Zelenskyy and Ukraine
into making up dirt on Joe Biden as he (Trump) was helping Putin by trying to weaken Ukraine's
military.

* https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216503698


 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
7. Totally agree. But I am in a place now where we have to
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 02:35 PM
Mar 2022

face current reality. People are being slaughtered NOW. I am not an expert I have no idea what to do militarily. But I do know we / the world needs to stop him now. And waiting for Putin to go into another country is not going to cut it. The world will be judged for letting people die.

P.S. I know this is a very unpopular stance around here

Botany

(70,483 posts)
10. President Obama fired Mike Flynn after he sold out Ukraine's Crimea to the Russians/Putin in .....
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 10:09 PM
Mar 2022

... 2014 after which he went and lived in Russia for a period of time. Trump later on hired Flynn
even after Obama's people told him that Flynn was compromised and more than likely a Russian
asset. People need to be indicted, arrested, given a fair trial, and sent to prison if convicted.

I'm sure you know this: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/trump-russian-asset-election-intelligence-community-report.html?msclkid=3e321550aa4e11ec90f3d98a885d6d8b

lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)
6. It may be all they have
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 02:20 PM
Mar 2022

but they at least have each other for now. The sadness and desolation are palpable.

DENVERPOPS

(8,806 posts)
8. Same with pictures of Ukraine mothers
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 02:39 PM
Mar 2022

hugging their children...

Gut wrenching, dis-heartening, beyond sad, visions

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