goes to the ex-President: Donald J. Trump!!
Posted on 03/04/2022 3:17:19 AM PST by Kaslin
Megalomaniac tyrants with excellent propaganda capabilities always run the risk of believing their own lies. History constantly repeats itself.
The world’s response to Russian President Putin's decision to attack Ukraine brings to mind Germany a hundred years ago. In January 1919, in spite of the efforts of American President Wilson, at Versailles near Paris, the French and British imposed on Germany brutal reparations for its role in WW1. The result was the collapse of the German economy, its population became impoverished, and lawlessness and chaos descended upon the country.
When in 1933 Hitler was elected Chancellor, he brought Germany out of distress, refused to pay war contributions, and with the help of Stalin began the rapid arming of the country and thereby raised the economy from ruins. Stalin, however, had his own long-term calculations — he was thinking of Germany as a spearhead for conquering Europe, so his help was rather self-serving.
After Hitler came to power, the life of an ordinary German improved markedly; inflation disappeared, factories, universities and scientific institutes returned to work, and to find a scapegoat, Poland, the United Kingdom and France were appointed to the position of an external enemy, while Jews were subjected to the position of an internal enemy.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
A whole article on “how we got here” without mentioning the Minsk Accord, obama overthrowing and democratically and fairly elected government and the 8 years of shelling of the Donbas.
But complains about Russian brainwashing of their population.
I am not a fan of either side - but you better know your facts.
Did we learn nothing from covid?
What?
You are saying that there was something to be learned from covid?
/s
“I am not a fan of either side”
Me to neither.
But my sympathies must be with the Ukrainian people, who are very heroic and brave in their defense of their country even though it is probably futile.
We have our own propagandists who believe their own lies right herein the USA too. In their own way they are trying to take over just like Putin.
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