• vga@sopuli.xyzOP
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      Putin is responsible of Trump having any kind of power. And many other kinds of destabilizations around the globe.

      Also, he has continuously shown over the last decades that not following international law is a-ok.

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        Putin may even have allowed Trump to invade Iran, to increase oil prices to save the Russian economy.

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        he has continuously shown over the last decades that not following international law is a-ok.

        Without Putin, the US wouldn’t have invaded Iraq and wouldn’t have created Guantanamo and wouldn’t keep sanctioning Cuba. /s

        Blaming Russia for American transgressions is a very sad display of dillusion. Take your time but try to face the possibility that those Facebook ads were a drop in the bucket of the CNN daily Trump bad news attention and the Fox News entertainment.

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          Thank you… heartfelt… for an actually mature and adequate attempt for rationalization of the state of events…
          Unfortunately, it seems the propaganda and children raising through local movies and socials with history retelling is too deep… some just do not care and consume, sorry, what they got used to and were raised with - lies, to the point they deny anything unmatching.

          His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.
          ~ Walter C. Langer

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          The essential English leadership secret does not depend on particular intelligence. Rather, it depends on a remarkably stupid thick-headedness. The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.
          ~ Joseph Goebbels

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          History is always changing behind us, and the past changes a little every time we retell it.
          ~ Hilary Mantel

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          yes, and the destabilization that has led to this opportunity can be traced back to Russia’s invasion of UA in 2014.

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            Reasons I see that this happened now:

            • Trump cares less about international law than any US president in modern history
            • He needed a distraction from other issues that were tanking his numbers
            • Most of the proxy powers that Iran would normally use to respond to attacks on their soil have been destroyed or neutered
            • Mossad probably has some blackmail material on Trump and pressured him into attacking (this last point is speculation)

            These are certainly not all direct results of Russia’s meddling in Ukraine.

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      Putin is responsible for the Iran war?

      He invested $100,000 in Facebook ads which got Trump elected. /s And it’s Trump who ordered the strike on Iran.

      It’s increadible how many people believe that Russia could outwit the US propaganda machine.