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Putin’s ‘one-tank’ military parade was an embarrassment for Russia, analysts say
CNBC.com ^ | May 10, 2023 | Holly Ellyatt

Posted on 05/10/2023 3:20:58 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

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To: PIF

Fighting for freedom.. that’s a good one 🤣🤣🤣


61 posted on 05/10/2023 6:02:53 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Kazan; Timber Rattler; PIF; Monterrosa-24; Grzegorz 246; ought-six; UMCRevMom@aol.com; tlozo; ...

Vladimir Putin 5/9/23. A perfect example of “It takes one to know one.” What can one say about a population, Russian, that does the least traditional family production west of China, and has the highest abortion rate in the world at over 50 per 1000 per year.


62 posted on 05/11/2023 12:16:28 AM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: Kazan

The Muscowite elites keep insisting on their exceptionalism; they pit people against each other, split societies, provoke bloody conflicts and coups, sow hatred, and aggressive nationalism, destroy traditional family values


63 posted on 05/11/2023 1:01:57 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: dennisw

This was a different thing. In 2014 Russia pretended that it is not their army who invaded Ukraine and it is an uprising by oppressed locals, who took tanks from monuments.

It wasn’t at all convincing of course, but there are plenty of people who want to be fooled.


64 posted on 05/11/2023 1:05:47 AM PDT by Krosan
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“What can one say about a population, Russian, that does the least traditional family production west of China, and has the highest abortion rate in the world at over 50 per 1000 per year.”

That’s nothing. At this point a significant part of their military is made of pedophiles and other trash released from prisons.


65 posted on 05/11/2023 8:24:39 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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To: Timber Rattler

Note rhe flags flown on the tanks in both 22 and 23. In 23 it is clearly the old Stalinist hammer and sickle on a red field. While not fully visible, in 22 the flag was clearly red.

Regarding the drone exploding over the Kremlin dome a few days ago, one rumor said it concerned a dispute over which flag to fly over the dome. I imagine younger Russians don’t like the old USSR flag and would be more likely to use the modern drone to try to take it out.

Someone suggested the 2 men on the dome catwalks were official snipers. It is just as likely they were there to change the flag. They were NOT badly hurt by the explosion, and the dome was not structurally damaged. It was a SMALL explosion, probably not from Ukraine or the US.


66 posted on 05/12/2023 7:25:06 AM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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Was that junk yard in Russia or Ukraine? Putin worried about demonstrators at all the celebrations. The drone attack on the Kremlin (flag?) gave him a good excuse to limit the amount of display and crowds. No wonder he was so jumpy at the recorded opening sounds.


67 posted on 05/12/2023 7:55:46 AM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: dominusobiscum; Right_Wing_Madman

“Nice communist flag on that tank. Telling. How can a supposed American conservative support a country that flies that?”

A few things about Putin’s Soviet Russia:

He was a Communist revanchist long before the war against Ukraine started in 2014...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/12/05/putin-seeks-restoration-of-soviet-symbols/0f5e2e73-414e-4cd5-8565-465e518081ec/

And now the Red Army flies the flag of the USSR as their battle flag, the Russian Air Force still uses the Red Star, the Soviet National anthem is back, Aeroflot still uses the Communist Party Hammer & Sickle iconography, the hammer and sickle are ever-present on ushanka hats, etc.

In short, the USSR is well and alive but it’s just going by another name. Sort of like how a tranny goes by another name, puts on a dress, and only a fool thinks it made any actual change.


68 posted on 05/12/2023 9:19:28 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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69 posted on 05/12/2023 9:27:58 AM PDT by windsorknot
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. Sort of like how a tranny goes by another name, puts on a dress, and only a fool thinks it made any actual change.

Excellent and funny analogy!


70 posted on 05/12/2023 10:19:06 AM PDT by dominusobiscum (A Christians true heart can be revealed by how they treat others anonymously on discussion forums.)
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