Pretending

[Mark Thibodeau]

Gee whiz, Joseph. You sound positively giddy about it all.

Jerky
(who understands how "apt" his nickname is, seeing as he's the one who
chose it, so please don't bother telling him what he already knows)

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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