Posted on 09/29/2023 4:37:35 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A Russian propagandist has called for the reinstatement of the Russian Empire, saying that's the country's ultimate goal.
As Russia continues its military offensive against Ukraine, Russian propagandist Sergey Mardan alluded to a misconception that Russia wishes to restore the USSR, which collapsed in 1991, and instead suggested the country could rewind the clock back beyond the days of the Russian Empire.
His comments come as President Vladimir Putin announced a new Russian holiday, the "Day of Unification," on September 30, to mark the illegal annexation of the Dontesk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine.
Putin declared them to be new Russian territory a year ago, following referendums not acknowledged under international law and he entrenched the move in the Russian constitution. He made a similar move after the illegal annexation of Crimea, which is celebrated in Russia on March 18.
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Putin should have gone after the Baltics. I don’t think Biden is willing to nuke Russia over the Baltics.
he’s not going to get it
sometimes you gotta deal with reality
bkmk
I actually can see Putin doing just that-scary...
Why would NATO have to go nuclear to defend the Baltics?
200,000 troops in the Baltics. NATO would have to threaten to use nuclear weapons to defend the Baltics. Otherwise, after the Russians take it, it'll become Russian territory and if we try to retake it, they'll use nuclear weapons on NATO.
Russia could have moved 200,000 troops into position to invade the Baltics without NATO countering with Baltic defenses, threats to Russian massed troops, combined with threats to Russian cities, and preparations for the elimination of the Russian Navy and Air Force?
“Just let Putin have Ukraine, he promises he has no more territorial ambitions after that”
Stop it. This tired old analogy is getting shopworn. It is not 1939 and Putin is not Hitler. The Russians can’t even beat a miserable pipsqueak power like Ukraine. How are they going to take on NATO (the USA)?
” U-Toob history professor”
No, stupid, you claim to be the U-Toob history professor by wanting people to watch such crap and claiming those videos make you knowledgeable. You’re a vidiot. Typical millennial.
It’s July 1914 and the NeoCons want to fight WW3 over the borders of the Donbass.
If you don’t know history, you will see it again.
“If you don’t know history, you will see it again.”
Nonsense. It’s just another ethnic border war between cousins. Europe has been fighting those for hundreds of years.
OK, hide in the corner somewhere and convince yourself there is something new under the sun.
“OK, hide in the corner somewhere and convince yourself there is something new under the sun.”
Why should I? This is like I said. I’ll say it again. Another ethnic border war between cousins. Europe has been having those for hundreds of years. We have no business getting involved in them.
Or maybe,
Putin will be remembered as Vlad the Mad ‘Wan-a-be’ Tsar.
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