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The Azov Battalion: Extremists defending Mariupol
https://www.dw.com/en/the-azov-battalion-extremists-defending-mariupol/a-61151151 ^

Posted on 03/16/2022 3:41:21 PM PDT by FarCenter

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To: JerseyDvl
Why would a country allow a neo-Nazi, fascist group to be a part of their National Guard?

When you're being invaded, you take what you can get. If the US was being invaded, I'd welcome BLM, Antifa, and the KKK into the foxhole if they were willing to fight back.
61 posted on 03/16/2022 4:50:41 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Vermont Lt

“Russian soldiers. I have nothing against Russian people. Although I wish they would grow some balls and over throw their government before they end up getting all of us in trouble.”

Likely still won’t change anything on Ukraine - the only thing people there are angry about is the underestimation of Ukraine’s defensive capability. In fact, it could get far worse, with his replacement getting tired of trying to please the ‘international community’ and instead just leveling the place.


62 posted on 03/16/2022 4:52:20 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: vladimir998

Why should I believe someone who calls themselves “Vladimir” here?


63 posted on 03/16/2022 4:53:24 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Dogbert41
I’m curious. Do the Russians not have drones?

A lot of analysts have been asking that question, or more specifically "where are Russia's drones?". They have been conspicuously absent from the start. We saw a few in Syria, and they have shown off their purported drone capabilities in videos, but they don't seem to be using them (much) in this war. One possibility is that we have provided Ukraine EW equipment that effectively denies their use. Or maybe they just don't have a large fleet and can't risk expending them in Ukraine.

64 posted on 03/16/2022 4:56:33 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: FarCenter

I know a guy that rolls with these guys and has for years. They are very much not the good guys, killers and rapers etc.


65 posted on 03/16/2022 4:57:09 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Zhang Fei

Where is the line of Jews volunteering to “denazify” Azov? Something doesn’t add up in the Putinist “Ukrainians are nazis” gaslighting scheme. The reality is Russian fascists want to dehumanize Ukrainians in preparation for wiping them off the face of the earth. If that isn’t “nazi” nothing is.


66 posted on 03/16/2022 4:58:32 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Zhang Fei
"So, for as long as the Sparta Battalion exists, I don’t wanna hear no more about how Putin is only in Ukraine to fight “Nazis”. “Nazi” fighting begins at home."

Couple of points. Nazi eradication is only one of the reasons on the (growing) list. And the question for us isn't whether or not the Ukrainians are queer for Nazis. It's if we want to support a country that is.

Only some want to be Nazis when they grow up you say? Well, maybe. But without question there is still a lot of Nazi glorification going on and effort to distance themselves from it, practically nonexistent.

67 posted on 03/16/2022 4:59:56 PM PDT by moehoward (.)
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To: Dogbert41

‘Illary sure did push the ‘reset’ button with Russia !

Oh wait, that was the peregruzka OVERCHARGE button.


68 posted on 03/16/2022 5:01:29 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Bulwyf

You might want to rework the punctuation on that last sentence.


69 posted on 03/16/2022 5:02:21 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Long Jon No Silver

Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact...


70 posted on 03/16/2022 5:02:44 PM PDT by Pkeel
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To: freeandfreezing

Er. The truckers in Canada weren’t sporting swastikas. I don’t know the validity of the “nazi” claims about Azov since just about everything we see reported is unreliable. Still, sporting Nazi regalia in front of Russians doesn’t seem to be a smart move.


71 posted on 03/16/2022 5:04:37 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Seruzawa
sporting Nazi regalia in front of Russians doesn’t seem to be a smart move.



Not always!

72 posted on 03/16/2022 5:07:56 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Vermont Lt

“ I’ve made my last donation.”

Bye.

Take a few more with you.


73 posted on 03/16/2022 5:08:19 PM PDT by icclearly
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To: FarCenter

Thanks for posting this article - try as we may people just don’t want to believe these beasts are running wild in Ukraine. The Western news totally ignore it and di also in 2014.


74 posted on 03/16/2022 5:11:47 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: JerseyDvl

People don’t understand the make-up of Ukraine. Most just think it’s a country that wants to be free and have no idea of the inner conflicts within Ukraines populations and ongoing within this conflict today.


75 posted on 03/16/2022 5:14:44 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: BobL

“Why should I believe someone who calls themselves “Vladimir” here?”

So were talking about Ukraine and Russia but you won’t believe someone just because his name is Vladimir?

You’re going out of your way to reveal how ignorant you are.


76 posted on 03/16/2022 5:16:34 PM PDT by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: BobL

Mariupol was and what’s left is being held by a Ukrainian militia force called the Azov Battalion.......They are often described as a neo-Nazi group - they are at the very least ideological fanatics....... Reportedly theyhave been preventing civilians from leaving Mariupol, and will likely fight to the death..... Due to the uncompromising nature of these groups Russian forces will likely be forced to level much of the city in order to secure it.


77 posted on 03/16/2022 5:18:03 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: Vermont Lt
"Of course there are those who think ALL Ukrainians are Nazis. "

I'm not certain even Putin has made that claim.

78 posted on 03/16/2022 5:24:59 PM PDT by moehoward (.)
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To: caww

Yep, it looks that way. Very sad for the Ukrainian civilians, but not Russia’s fault.

Also, keeping those civilians around to get shelled and killed would have ZERO VALUE, if they media would simply tell the truth. Israel knows EXACTLY how that tactic works.


79 posted on 03/16/2022 5:28:00 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: FarCenter

US. NORMAL. PEOPLE. WITH. OPERATIONAL. BRAINS. DON’T. CARE. ABOUT. THIS.

When there is a crisis, one doesn’t get too picky about what friends one has as long as they are opposed to the enemy at hand.


80 posted on 03/16/2022 5:30:00 PM PDT by Vaden (CAUTION: Defending Putin=Defending Hitler=MAGA Destruction)
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