Pretending

[David Morris]

*HOOK, LINE, and SINKER:*

*“As Ukraine refuses realistic negotiations the Russians steadily seize
areas where ethnic Russians predominate or American weapons present a
threat.”*

(No source is attributed to these words, and JoeyT original thought isn’t
likely.)

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 10:26 AM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> "Five months ago, on February 24th, Russia began what she called a
> “special military operation” (SMO). In very simple terms, this is what
> Russia has achieved so far: Ukraine has lost about 20% of its territory,
> about 3 thousand towns and villages, half of the gross national product,
> and a third of coal production. It completely lost access to the Sea of
> Azov, and traffic through the Black Sea ports froze due to fighting and
> mining of waterways. The number of refugees has reached 7 million.” The
> Saker
>
> Pretense is not needed.
>
> As Ukraine refuses realistic negotiations the Russians steadily seize
> areas where ethnic Russians predominate or American weapons present a
> threat.     In Ukraine the facade of democracy is gone as opposition
> parties and leaders are outlawed or arrested; corruption is rampant and
> worker rights are disappearing.  Europe,at first gung-ho to sanction Russia
> has changed its tune to get Russian gas. Regime change is more likely to be
> visited on democrats in the US than Putin.
>
> > On Jul 24, 2022, at 1:19 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> > on
> >
> https://twitter.com/timothydsnyder/status/1550884649303408640?s=21&t=gAdxPhb-ashul_Hoez0hCg
> >
> > The old communist joke went "we pretend to work and you pretend to pay
> us.
> > In Russia today the reality is something more like "you pretend to win a
> > war and we pretend to show enthusiasm."
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> >
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