Russian pundits love to talk about the Ukraine-war... but aren't actually saying anything.

[DetlefK]

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To the russian media, there is somehow this war and we somehow got into it and all that matters is that we crush Ukraine and NATO at any cost.



Here are a few questions the russian media isn't talking about:

How did this war start?
When did it start? The 1990s? 2014? 2022?
Which countries and organizations are involved in this war and what are their motivations?
Could it have been preventable or was it, just like WWI or the 30-Years-War, the inevitable continuation of an escalating geopolitical conflict?
What would constitute a russian victory in this war?
What does victory mean to the russian government, to the russian media, to the russian people?
What do the Ukrainians want and what would they regard a victory?
How is the war going?
How is the russian army doing? How are the russian people doing?
How is the russian economy doing?
How is the ukrainian army doing? How are the ukrainian people doing?
How is the western economy doing?
What about peace?
What could a peace-deal look like?
Who would need to be involved?
What does the russian government want?
What does the ukrainian government want?



None of these questions get discussed.

Why?

Because the russian pundits are afraid of finding answers they won't like.

And so they fill the time with endless blather, just so they can shout at each other and pose with gravitas in front of the camera... while avoiding the important topics like scared little girls.







Instead, all we get is fearmongering how Russia must attack Ukraine with nuclear weapons or else NATO will invade Russia. Because over-the-top fearmongering prevents calm and rational discussion.

And we get intellectual treasures like this:
"They call us state-sponsors of terrorism? Well, they are state-sponsors of idiocy. Yeah, we just owned them! They will never come back from this zinger!"

[relayerbob]

1. Their logic, if you want to call it that,

is so convoluted and contradictory, that it can be hard to follow the flow of the conversation. And you always know if they give a long-winded compliment and a full name, that some sort of criticism is coming, even if it's oblique or makes no sense. Truly bizarre, but very similar to the jibberish that spews from people like Tucker Carlson. Makes me wonder who taught who, or if they get together to share best practices information.

[Tetrachloride]

2. 1. photos and videos might be

an empty pristine wheat field with a lone artillery gun

or

2. a school with a window shot out, but half intact.

3. you might need even get an interview with a concerned company commander or the horrors— an ambulance.

[mitch96]

3. "but aren't actually saying anything." And just like the repukes.. they are pizza cutters...

All edge and no point...uff
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