Yeah… it’s a bot

I think this is too nuanced for lemmy.ml to handle, they prefer black and white

More like another Afghanistan, like the one the broke the USSR.

Except Russia has already lost ten times as many troops in a fifth of the time.

Weird to see a non-biased post about this conflict with a respectable news source on Lemmy.

That’s propaganda, the Kremlin knows NATO isn’t going to invade them. If they wanted to, they’d do it now while the Kremlin can’t even stop mercenaries marching on Moscow.

What do you mean specifically when you say “the media”?

Yes I think you’re right about the Kremlin’s approach: they exacerbate weaknesses that are already there.

They understand Kremlin oppression.

Yes fair enough

Should have happened 6 months ago

If someone invaded your country and started murdering people you’d want to win the war.

divide and conquer

Bingo. I wish more people would see this, it’s shameful how badly democracies around the world have been caught with their pants down.

Authoritarian governments have a huge advantage when it comes to malicious propaganda. So much less oversight.

Yeah, I think other factors help them do it. A lot of their propaganda is designed to support political extremes that already exist.

Overblown based on what? Seems to me most people aren’t even aware it happened, and it was close enough that it likely determined the outcome.

Would you volunteer to go fight the Nazis?

I don’t think volunteer armies would have stopped Hitler, or many other conquering forces. Mutual defense is a critical part of society.

So they should have just let Hitler murder his way across Europe and then continue his way into the rest of the world?

My thoughts exactly.

That’s why authoritarian propaganda from the Kremlin and CCP supports both of them. Divide and conquer.

Very sad to see the world’s largest democracy sliding into the dark.

This is just the beginning.

We need to prioritize mitigating climate change and adapting to changing environments and risks.

The Kremlin hates her now that she’s potentially opposing their candidate.

Why on Earth would they use Taylor Swift as an example. Seriously?

Something something projection

Another of the Kremlin’s useful idiots meets reality.

Looking at foreign propaganda networks I hope. The name makes sense if that’s the intent.

Israel is just Barbara Streisanding themselves at this point with all their propaganda efforts.

Another idiot falling victim to Kremlin propaganda.

You must work for the Kremlin.

They just want an excuse to spread hate.

Putin and his asshole authoritarian allies are challenging US/EU global leadership. They need an “enemy” so their people don’t realize they are the enemy.

If we gave Ukraine the appropriate weapons to defend themselves against the Kremlin terrorists’ barbaric land grab, there wouldn’t even be refugees.

If we lived in a just world they’d die on the guillotine.

Torturing a woman because she didn’t dress how they told her too. Disgusting.

Also, not surprising coming from Kremlin allies.

I like NYT… and this isn’t surprising or acceptable.

Circling the wagons can be great for defense, and when that’s defense of genocide it’s deeply shameful.

And he knows he can’t kill him and make him a martyr. Incredibly brave of Navalny to return to Russia like he did. A real Russian leader.

The US hasn’t banned anri-war candidates like the Kremlin has, that’s ridiculous nonsense. Stop spreading propaganda.

Stop spreading lies.

Exactly. Offer a better option or accept reality. We’re all in this together, how about we don’t shit the bed.

If you want to blame someone, look at the biggest polluters… wealthy people with extravagant luxury making decisions for their bottom line that hurt the rest of us.

Reuters (and the other wire service AP News) is one of the best places to get news.

Traitors who have cost many innocent lives and oppress people for personal gain are getting a version of the death penalty.

Not shocking to me, and I’m glad every time I hear they took out another one. Like scrubbing slime off a toilet.