• Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Also, why should they care? It’s not like Putin has been honoring international conventions regarding lawful combatants. Russian soldiers have attacked a Ukranian city while wearing Ukrainian uniforms. If that doesn’t qualify as perfidy, I don’t know what does. Furthermore, there have been a few assassination attempts against Zelensky by Russians, so that argument is off the table just by merit of symmetry.

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    6 days ago

    So?

    If they did, and succeeded, the war would be over. I mean, Putin is a legitimate target and it’s not as if Putin wouldn’t murder Zelenski, given the chance

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 days ago

    Trump initially said he was “very angry” over the reported incident, but later adopted a more skeptical tone.

    The stupidest man is in charge. Don’t worry.

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    6 days ago

    “Guys, it wasn’t Ukraine. It was us trying to get Russia to think it was Ukraine so we can get some more big contracts out of rebuilding Russia after we raze it to the ground and turn it into a profit machine for rebuilding after the war”

    • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      Could it be the Russian mafia state decapotating a hemorraging enterprise. From billionaires to broke is not good business.