The Limits of State Statements

[jbloocher at gmail.com]

Well luckily Russians aren’t a hive mind. Unluckily maybe, I know plenty or Russians who are very supportive of Putin - just like I know plenty of US Americans who are supportive of Biden. Who knew??

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> On 16 Apr 2022, at 14:40, Darah Kehnemuyi via Pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
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>  And so when will Russians realize Putin dragged them into a war they didn't want ?         
>    On Saturday, April 16, 2022, 06:19:14 AM EDT, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:  
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> https://twitter.com/samramani2/status/1515079344372297734?s=21&t=jWncqGWmccSQJEiw2JrgWA
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> The Kremlin’s official statements have become too implausible even for its
> state media:
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> It seems like no one in Russia is buying the official version of what
> happened to the warship 'Moscow,' not even hosts or military experts on
> state TV. They bemoan the loss and claim they're fighting not against
> Ukraine, but "against their equals"—"the Joint Staff of NATO."
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