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The sons of Putin’s elite are kept safe while ordinary Russians become cannon-fodder
The Telegraph ^
Posted on 05/15/2024 12:33:49 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
A class disparity has emerged within the Russian military, contrasting the fates of ordinary soldiers and the privileged elite. This divide has ignited widespread anger and criticism, even among top-level troops who feel betrayed by their leadership during the ongoing battle over Ukraine.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: zeeperporn
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The Kremlin mafia and elite draining Russian blood, has been dismantled twice already by the Russian people. First in 1917, then again in 1991. The third revolution in Russia is coming, and way sooner than anyone expect...
To: USA-FRANCE
But Putin is our demigod.
To: USA-FRANCE
Oh my...that’s never happened in the U.S. before has it? Oh wait...the Vietnam War.
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:35:34 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: USA-FRANCE
Wait until you hear about Hunter Biden being protected by Daddy Joe.
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:35:49 PM PDT
by
MTBobcat
(The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
To: USA-FRANCE
The troll farm has given you the marching orders for today, have they?
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:36:10 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: mass55th
So, is someone suggesting the Russian Elite are IMITATING the American Elite when it comes to “their” children NOT being used as cannon fodder???? Yep, Vietnam comes to mind.
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:38:00 PM PDT
by
OHPatriot
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: USA-FRANCE
Has The Putin taken a page from American Neocon politicians?
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:38:33 PM PDT
by
JonPreston
( ✌ ☮️ )
To: USA-FRANCE
Sounds like our American “elites.”
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:39:14 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
To: USA-FRANCE
Well, let’s be a bit honest. Every country does that at one time or another.
To: USA-FRANCE; All
Every.single.time.
An issue is noted in Ukraine…”someone” plants a report in the media pinning the exact issue onto Russia
Projection.
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:40:22 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
To: USA-FRANCE
And ordinary Englishmen are paying for it.
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:41:02 PM PDT
by
Ge0ffrey
To: USA-FRANCE
1917?
That would be when the communists, who were not necessairly Russian, overthrew the Russian government, not the Russian people.
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:41:10 PM PDT
by
odawg
To: USA-FRANCE
As it has always been throughout the history of warfare.
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:42:55 PM PDT
by
webheart
To: USA-FRANCE
French much?
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:44:18 PM PDT
by
JonPreston
( ✌ ☮️ )
To: OHPatriot
"Yep, Vietnam comes to mind."
And that was a proxy war we were fighting with Russia and China, just like the Ukraine war is yet another proxy war with Russia. You'd think after 71 years, this country would be tired of being involved in proxy wars. Maybe the military industrial complex and their investors are looking toward a 100 anniversary celebration.
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:46:08 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: USA-FRANCE
The sons of Putin’s elite are kept safe...Dang that Putin, acting like Socialist American Elites from the Civil War on!
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:46:50 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: JonPreston; USA-FRANCE
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:49:41 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: USA-FRANCE
For those of us who served in Viet Nam, much the same things happened, except for volunteers. Those guys were generally exceptional soldiers.
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:50:39 PM PDT
by
budj
(Combat vet, second of three generations.)
To: USA-FRANCE
It’s viet nam all over...oh wait, this isn’t out war.
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:50:57 PM PDT
by
Leep
(Leftardism strikes 1 in 5.)
To: USA-FRANCE
Russia needs a 1917 repeat, this time without the Bolsheviks.
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posted on
05/15/2024 12:52:32 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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