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In reply to the discussion: Russian and Ukraine troops battle in south, prompting fears that invasion has begun [View all]joshcryer
(62,513 posts)DUers are leaving this site because of attitudes like yours. Fortunately I have a thick skin and I have dealt with public libel and slander for years. The lawsuits would flow if I didn't. I mean, unlike most cowards following Putin's fascist incursions into Ukraine (my favorite who is creaming themselves over the death of civilians), I post under my name.
I lost friends in the Libyan conflict, people I knew, talked to, and of course, every now and again a toxic attitude is expressed about my "daily updates" and support for real people, people who died, were murdered, all because not a damn person cared here about it. I also got legitimate death threats and lost many months of sleep.
I would do daily updates about Ukraine, and Putin's imperialism, but, again, not worth it. I posted a few posts about Kiev's uprising, but then, it was outnumbered by 20 to 1 by fascist supporting lies about Nazi's and crap. I mean, on May Day real Nazi's marched in Moscow but were banned in Kiev and the Orwellian doublespeak rears its ugly head.
I made no misquote. NATO was being questioned at the Chicago Summit. It really was nearing an existential crisis. Putin's actions have proven to at least the NATO states that there still is a need for NATO and that Russia's imperialist nature is still alive and well. When Russia chopped up the Baltic states due to its agreement with Hitler everyone sat back and let it happened. NATO exists solely to keep that from happening again.