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Duckhunter935

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36. we all make mistakes

Reply to newthinking (Reply #35)

Sun Feb 1, 2015, 06:31 PM

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The Meme of “Russian Aggression” [View all] newthinking Jan 2015 OP

Unfortunately, Russian aggression is not an entirely new thing. Turbineguy Jan 2015 #1

Yep it is an old saw salib Jan 2015 #12

The neocons screwed up Obama's foreign policy goals CJCRANE Jan 2015 #2

They work from "behind the scenes" now but remain very powerful newthinking Jan 2015 #3

Putin foiled the neo-con plans for Syria. polly7 Jan 2015 #4

That's exactly right newfie11 Jan 2015 #6

Invading Crimea and fomenting civil war in Ukraine are not aggression? hack89 Jan 2015 #7

Crimea wasn't invaded. polly7 Jan 2015 #8

Right. Got it. nt hack89 Jan 2015 #10

Careful... MattSh Jan 2015 #15

Good point. They dodged a bullet. polly7 Jan 2015 #16

too bad staying part of Ukraine was not a choice Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #29

Actually it was, but to understand the choices you have to know the history of post soviet Crimea newthinking Feb 2015 #37

no the staus quo was not an option Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #38

And there are still dishonest "reports" of "military on the streets" "enforcing order" newthinking Feb 2015 #21

tell that to the Crimean Tartars Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #27

Oh yes, you mean those fundamentalists who were in contact with Al-qaida? newthinking Feb 2015 #31

do not forget prices are also much higher Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #28

Depends on what they buy. TVs from China, not really. From Europe, yes newthinking Feb 2015 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #32

Yeh, OK Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #26

Do you even read the replies before you post? newthinking Feb 2015 #33

I replied to Polly, not you Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #34

my bad. I followed the line down incorrectly newthinking Feb 2015 #35

we all make mistakes Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #36

You mean like Prague, Chechenya, Afghanistan? Those meme filled Russian peace initiatives???? marble falls Jan 2015 #5

What part did Putin play in any of that? JayhawkSD Jan 2015 #11

Facts don't matter when you need someone to blame. nt. polly7 Jan 2015 #14

Try telling that to an Estonian LiberalEsto Jan 2015 #9

Sad, I used to come to DU to find information on current events that was not available anywhere 1monster Jan 2015 #13

no one is an angel. That's what makes propaganda so easy. But when it comes to aggression, yurbud Jan 2015 #17

Blame that on the rise of the tabloid/political media newthinking Feb 2015 #20

I'm perfectly willing to hear equal use of the phrase "American agression" cheapdate Jan 2015 #18

Putin never talked of reclaiming regions. That has been propaganda newthinking Feb 2015 #19

It's not propaganda to talk about Putin's conception of "Russian" cheapdate Feb 2015 #22

Are you saying it was not a catastrophe? newthinking Feb 2015 #23

It is entirely possible to construct a pro-Russian narrative cheapdate Feb 2015 #24

Ukraine says the same thing - That all Slavs originated from their culture newthinking Feb 2015 #25