• Guidy@lemmy.world
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    Zelenskyy is a hero.

    “I don’t need a ride; I need ammo.” - when the US wanted to evacuate him to safety. That may be the most badass thing I’ve ever heard of, at least that happened in my lifetime.

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      At least the equal of, “Russian warship, go fuck yourself”. And that was from men who knew they were about to be bombed into the stone age.

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    It’s so weird, I can’t decide how to feel about the lengthy, elaborate operation to get a Russian puppet into the White House being undermined not by any counter-intelligence operations or legal protections, but mostly by the egotism and stupidity of those involved.

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      I think there are more powerful people against than pro russia and he plays the money game. He benefits more from being oposed than pro. Russia was naive to think it could control a unhinged self centered person

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        There’s conspiracy theories—based on Trump’s expression after walking out of his first private meeting with Putin—that Russia has blackmail