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Kid Berwyn

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14. "White Tyrants" is apt.

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #6)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 12:21 PM

Feb 2022

(Left to Right) George V of Great Britain, Wilhelm II of Germany, and Nicholas II of Russia.

Look at these three, cousins, who opted to launch what would become World War 1 rather than work out power sharing with their people — who overwhelmingly wanted no part of war. Now, Putin fancies himself a Czar.

https://www.amazon.com/King-Kaiser-Tsar-Three-Cousins/dp/0802716237

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Young Russian soldier cries as the local residents of Sumy tell him that he is not welcome in.... [View all] steve2470 Feb 2022 OP

Young kids sent to war while white tyrants use them as pawns. LakeArenal Feb 2022 #1

White tyrants using them as pawns? MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #6

"while" nt Carlitos Brigante Feb 2022 #11

Re-read the post. MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #16

Oh shit "while white". I read "white" and missed "while". So assumed typo. Or Carlitos Brigante Feb 2022 #20

See post #18, it's not a typo and it was explained by what was meant. MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #21

Just edited. And getting worried about my eye sight. So yeah. It Carlitos Brigante Feb 2022 #23

"White Tyrants" is apt. Kid Berwyn Feb 2022 #14

Irrelevent, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #15

Putin is a white supremacist, a genocidal mass murderer. Kid Berwyn Feb 2022 #30

I'm associating with the white men right here in the US LakeArenal Feb 2022 #18

Ok, fair enough. MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #19

Thanks LakeArenal Feb 2022 #22

Given the history and many ethnicities of Russia, I think it's an accurate characterization. yardwork Feb 2022 #24

When this gets around BootinUp Feb 2022 #2

Russian citizens know. They have no reason to hate Ukrainians. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2022 #4

It probably won't 'get around' in Russia. 70sEraVet Feb 2022 #5

Don't count on it, the Russian people are resourceful, especially the younger generation, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #7

Could someone translate? nt Carlitos Brigante Feb 2022 #3

Appears to be a lot of swearing. LisaL Feb 2022 #10

Comrade Cheney said to us, "my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators." TheBlackAdder Feb 2022 #33

I couldn't make out all of it DFW Feb 2022 #47

It's not like we were any different. Aristus Feb 2022 #8

There are similarities and differences Tom Rinaldo Feb 2022 #12

I was thinking the same thing this morning. jeffreyi Feb 2022 #13

I took that as the point, actually. yardwork Feb 2022 #27

And today they still want us there Kaleva Feb 2022 #28

Roadside bombs are a rather odd way of saying Aristus Feb 2022 #31

That was years ago and we maintain a sizeable force their today Kaleva Feb 2022 #35

I agree. And I do have a great deal of sympathy for the Kurds. Aristus Feb 2022 #36

No one threw roses at him? He wasn't wlecomed as a liberator? FSogol Feb 2022 #9

Poor kid gay texan Feb 2022 #17

I agree. yardwork Feb 2022 #25

.... MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #26

Agreed. Delphinus Feb 2022 #34

This. crickets Feb 2022 #39

+1 betsuni Feb 2022 #42

Poor kid was my first thought too. 😣 nt Raine Feb 2022 #43

"But...but...I'm here to liberate you moondust Feb 2022 #29

could be staged propaganda, after all its on twitter nt msongs Feb 2022 #32

Shhh... lame54 Feb 2022 #37

Twitter replies: Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 #38

You can just imagine what this poor kid is thinking jmowreader Feb 2022 #40

apparently some of the troops are being told they are going to the Donbas region steve2470 Feb 2022 #41

That posture shows the scared, over-whelmed child he still very much is. alphafemale Feb 2022 #44

Brainwashed soldiers paying the price for Putin's megalomania n/t AntiFascist Feb 2022 #45

Interesting Deminpenn Feb 2022 #46

Not everything has to be about the US . The Russian soldier is a victim of Putin JI7 Feb 2022 #48