Posted on 03/13/2023 9:15:49 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Namely, my response to this Twitter hot take: Tbh if you support Russia and you live in America you are not a patriot. In the slightest. Rather, you’re a dumbass that has forgotten how much of a realistic threat the USSR once posed when Americans had to do duck and cover drills every single day at school.
Is it reasonable to judge Russia's current threat to America by the Soviet Union's threat to America in the past, specifically using decades-old "duck and cover" drills as a metric? Much less judging one's patriotism for America in regards to a conflict wherein our country (regardless of de facto material support) has not formally declared war on any of the belligerents?
The answer is: no. Of course not.
Sell your form of “patriotism” to our troops in Europe facing Russia as you cheer on the enemy, it has been done for generations of the pro-Russia crowd.
We and the other members of our NATO defensive alliance are formally opposing Russia’s invasion.
We and the other members of our NATO defensive alliance are formally opposing Russia’s invasion.
I was unaware that NATO somehow usurped Congress's ability to formally declare war on a country (notwithstanding the fact that Ukraine isn't a member of NATO).
More childishness, you just keep throwing up nonsense.
“The United Socialist Soviet Republic, or U.S.S.R.”
It was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Update on conflict in Ukraine for March 13, 2023;
- Bakhmut continues to be encircled by Russian forces;
- The Western media is reporting conflicting claims by Ukraine and Russia regarding steep losses inflicted on opposing sides;
- The West claims Ukraine is inflicting huge losses on Russian forces and that Bakhmut has little strategic value;
- The Western media, however, also admits Ukraine is outgunned between 3:1 to 4:1 in terms of artillery and despite claims that Russia has lost 20,000-30,000 troops around Bakhmut alone, the BBC’s own project verifying Russian losses says as of March 2023 Russia’s 1 year total losses stand at 16,000;
- A counteroffensive by Ukraine may lead to temporary gains, just as in Aleppo, Syria in 2016, however the fundamentals leading to Bakhmut’s encirclement have not been addressed, therefore any gains risk being reversed;
- A Ukrainian counteroffensive on any major scale will divert troops meant for Kiev’s spring offensive, diminishing the combat potential of other upcoming offensives;
- Poland’s military build-up is being hyped by the Western media, however Polish ambitions would see the creation of a military force roughly the size of Ukraine’s military at the beginning of 2022;
- Poland’s build-up will take years to complete
Every day you impress me even less marcusmaxipad.
Tell your Kadyrov to put down the fork and go for a walk.
When the windows and building materials are flying at you, then duck and cover yourself, or if you prefer just stand there and watch as it comes in your direction.
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Just standing there is a dead giveaway he’s a Russian ...
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