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People in Britain who think they are governed by fools should take a closer look at the Russian and US presidents. Vladimir Putin is systematically ruining his country. His war of choice in Ukraine is an economic, financial, geopolitical and human calamity for Russia that worsens by the day. For his own murky reasons, Donald Trump, another national menace, offered him a lifeline last week. Yet Putin spurned it. These two fools deserve each other.

On the table in Moscow was a “peace” deal that, broadly speaking, rewarded Russia’s aggression by handing over large chunks of Ukrainian land, compromised Kyiv’s independence and weakened its defences against any future attack. The Trump deal, if forced through, would have split the US and Europe; ruptured Nato, perhaps fatally; reprieved Russia’s pariah economy; and probably toppled Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government.

These are key Russian war aims. But Putin, suffering from neo-imperial fantasies and legacy issues, said “no”. He reckons he can get it all, and more, by fighting on. He has persuaded the idiot Trump that Russia’s victory is inevitable – and that scheming Europeans are the real warmongers. Yet his premise is fundamentally flawed. Hard facts confound him. Almost four years on, he’s still trapped in Donbas mud and ice. And at home, things fall apart.

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[–] doben@lemmy.wtf -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh my, so you first accuse someone of spouting propaganda and insult them at the same time, because you don't like their perspective, all based off of the grammatically wrong use of an article and when you're being confronted with your shitty behaviour you play victim, because said behaviour is ousted as being the opposite of civil and the kind of people acting like that, which includes you, are being called out as the clever individuals that they are.

Bohooo, poor little ignorant victim you are.

How about you accept, that you behaved like an asshole and throw out an excuse ­- that would be more impressive. But looks like you don't have the character strength.

An alternative would be to actually provide some kind of arguments as to why the accused's arguments or opinions are wrong, instead of straight up denouncing them - that would also be more impressive. But looks like you don't have the intellectual strength.

Get lost, splendid individual.

(edited out some mean words, because of this funny line that is drawn for the very selectively applied civility rule)