US President Donald Trump says Russia has made a “pretty big concession” to end the war in Ukraine by stopping short of taking the “whole country.”

https://archive.ph/SHgoJ

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    It was very kindhearted of Putin to not meet his military objectives in the planned two weeks, instead extending the war for three years, in order to make it a more fair contest for Ukraine.

    There, am I doing stooge-speak right?

  • itisileclerk@lemmy.world
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    Then Islamic terrorists made big conncession by not hijacking every airplane and crush it into building.

  • Charlxmagne@lemmy.world
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    Its been so painfully obvious this man’s been Putin’s bitch since 2016, there’s a reason people were suspecting Russia interfered with that election, his supporters denied it, and now that he’s openly supporting all of his asslickers showing support as well and following their herd like the good obedient sheep they are.

  • DicJacobus@lemmy.world
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    Its not a concession. They tried. they came very close to accomplishing their goal. But because of the outcomes of the battles of Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel Airport, and one of the most critical battles of the entire war, Moschun, Russia was defeated and lost their opportunity to quickly topple the government.

    In short. They didnt concede. They got their asses handed to them. And played it off as an act of mercy when they ran away with their tails between their legs.

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      And now Putin is trying to win through “peace” negotiations what he failed to achieve through war. But if Europe and Ukraine refuse Trump’s extortion, Putin is going to suffer defenstraphobia for the (hopefully short and miserable) remainder of his life.

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        It’s even dumber than that. Because, using the same parallel, he didn’t do it only because she kicked him in the balls and pulled out a knife (meaning: Ukraine defended itself, it was not Moscow’s decision to stop).

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    The world is held hostage by three sociopaths, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu. Two of them are war criminals, and the third is waiting to happen at any moment.

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      I don’t want to excuse Netanyahu here. He certainly belongs behind bars in my opinion. However, he only holds a part of the world hostage rather than all of it. I see him on par with folks like Kim Jon Un or Mohamed bin Salman rather than Trump or Putin.

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        And yet, Israel has practically dictated US Foreign Policy in the Middle East, which is a theater of conflict in which everyone is playing, including China.

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      Israel is like a city in US. They have 10 million population. They are local, not global players.

      I fully expected you to say Xi

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        I agree, the third big single powerful person is certainly Xi. I suppose one can say the “sociopath” is more evident with Netanyahu than Xi, because for now China is able to sit back and let Russia and USA self sabotage to a weaker position while mucking with the rest of the world, while China gets to play comparative good guy in foreign policy. This is of course grading on a curve, they aren’t saints either.

  • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
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    Look at the stupid America has unleashed on the world.

    Put your dicks away, you’re stinking up the place.

    • ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee
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      I hate that so many in my country are oblivious to the repercussions of electing this monster.

      • ms.lane@lemmy.world
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        Maybe half of you shouldn’t of stayed home to ‘punish Kamala’?

        People who didn’t vote are just as guilty as those who voted for Trump.

        • taladar@sh.itjust.works
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          Especially the ones who refused to vote for her on the basis of the genocide in Palestine as if Trump wasn’t just as bad or worse in supporting Israel and as if the American establishment hadn’t always supported Israel. That idea that somehow not voting for her in that election would improve a single thing about that genocide was so stupid.

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            I was saying as if everyone before Biden was also supporting Israel, somehow Israel became such big news around election year

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              It doesn’t really matter if Israel became news, the only thing relevant to the election should have been if voting Harris, Trump or not voting was likely to have different outcomes for the topic of the genocide and there was no reason to believe that there was a chance of that.

        • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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          Girl you’re preaching to the goddamn choir here. I’m so fucking sick of saying “I fucking told you so, dipshit” to so many people. I’m so, so tired.

        • theherk@lemmy.world
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          There are three voting conditions. Red, blue, no vote (generally, discounting third parties). That means non vote is half as impactful as an opposite vote. So they are about half as guilty.

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          Okay I’ll take the bait. Thought we’re done with this bullshit discussion.

          Maybe Kamala should have given a fuck about Palestinians. Why do you leave out the part where she showed the middle finger to her own voters whenever she could, same as Biden? People have been telling the dems for a year to support Palestine or lose their vote, but the dems were willing to lose the election over Palestine and they did. The democrats betrayed their voters, not the other way around.

          • uienia@lemmy.world
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            I guess those voters gave no fucks about either Palestinians or Ukrainians, considering both of those genocides have gotten worse under Trump.

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              Nice deflection. Classic “blame the voter” propaganda. You’re using a false dilemma to avoid addressing the actual issue: Dems actively funded and supported the genocide despite massive protests from their base.

              Trump being bad doesn’t absolve Harris/Dems of responsibility for their own actions. Democratic leadership chose genocide over winning. They gambled that voters had no choice but to vote for them anyway. They lost that bet.

              And with this I’m out, no time for blue MAGA.

              • finder@lemmy.world
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                Democratic leadership chose genocide over winning.

                The Democrats do not, and have never supported genocide.

                Funny, because the Republican party enthusiastically endorses genocide at home and abroad and apparently that is not worth any outcry or opposition according to you.

                And with this I’m out, no time for blue MAGA.

                MAGA cosplaying as a ‘concerned’ Democrat.