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Thank You Rainer

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Ukraine's sovereignty is being violated by Russia. This is not ok. Putin is a corrupt dictator and we should not support his imperial ambitions.

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What the hell were you expecting Russia to do, given that Putin has been warning the US and NATO about the fifteen time infringement of the US/ NATO undertaking of 1991, not to move NATO one inch further east, yet they did ignored Russia's warning for fourteen years???

Do you honestly expect anyone to be that patient, and just let the US and NATO just do what the hell they like after fourteen years of warnings???

What about the fourteen thousand Russian speaking Ukrainians that the Ukrainian army murdered in the Donbass between 2014 and 2022, was Putin just supposed to let that slide, while the rest of the world turned a blind eye to these heinous attrocities???

What about the Minsk Agreements which the Ukraine signed in 2014 which were never carried out by the Ukraine in eight years, which were supposed to be implemented under the auspices of Germany and France???

Was Putin just supposed to let that slide too???

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When Putin first came to power, in his very first speech from the Kremlin, he said NATO was formed as a bulkward against the Soviet Union, But the old Soviet Union no longer exists. The Warsaw Pact has disbanded, but NATO continues to develop. We are not afraid of NATO, but we don’t see the need for it to exist. Is it not time now to creat a new security alliance for Europe, one in which Russia is involved in, or if not then let Russia join NATO, but this request fell on deaf NATO ears. Was that an unreasonable request. ?

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I don't think it was an unreasonable request.

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Like I've said all along,

Russia will wipe out Jewish Nazism,

once and for all!

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What’s the connection to Marxism?

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Totally Wrong.

Stopping RF and Putin is a key National Security objective for USA for many reasons way beyond Ukraine.

Anyone babbling about NATO labs Nazis is repeating Russian Propaganda.

For Russia and Putin it's only about reunification.

Very Similar to China and Taiwan

Putin This made this very clear all along including in a white paper that he published on the Kremlin website including an English 2021 before the full invasion 2022

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Hahahahahahah!

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Please share the amusing bit with us.

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Russia can barely hold onto ground a few kilometres from the border. They’ve defeated nobody.

Ukraine is holding them off with drones assembled in peoples’ living rooms.

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Fucking Clueless Bullshitter!!!

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Why are you saying MAGA is revolting against Trump? That is not happening anywhere in real life. Not to mention he has not even been sworn in yet to have policies to oppose.

I think you are too entrenched in leftism. Combine that with paying more attention to Twitter narratives versus real life, you're writing for the narrative instead of describing real life.

Ordinary people still believe in Trump. Or rather, because you seem to think if Trump says 10 retarded things, we're supposed to completely ignore the 2 wonderful things he said. (EX: How he understands why Russia would be upset with NATO on his border), you think people suddenly don't support Trump because a few appointees say dumb things? This is not the case. The anti-imperialist NON-aligned (with left or right) crowd replies to this type of criticism, "Did Trump say it? Cause if Trump didn't say it, idgaf." It's really interesting how leftist analysis of Trump is dishonestly relying on what his appointees say and not what he says.

If you base your political analysis on Twitter trends you're simply writing down the narrative managers' WISHES for how the narrative proceeds. Sure they'd love MAGA to be disillusioned with Trump before he takes office! But that has NOT happened! And if you think it has, show me the proof. Twitter posts and replies don't count. Why not? Because all these people you say are abandoning Trump are NOT on Twitter!

And finally, Rainer, be careful with smugness. I know you're from the left so it's hard to shake off. But this whole essay just gives off the, "ordinary people cannot tell what is good for them" vibe.

That is bullshit. You think MAGA people expect Trump will fix everything? They know FULL WELL he won't.

Do you ever talk to MAGA people? They don't expect Trump to save them, they just know full well the Democrats have nearly destroyed them in the past 4 years. I think you should go out and talk with MAGA before you draw sweeping conclusions about what it is and who it supports.

Twitter is manipulated horseshit.

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