Posted on 05/23/2022 8:02:57 AM PDT by Cronos
A veteran Russian diplomat has resigned over what he called the "disaster" of his nation's invasion of Ukraine.
Boris Bondarev, 41, said he had "never been so ashamed of my country" and the "aggressive war" waged by President Vladimir Putin's forces.
...Bondarev said those who decided to launch the war "want only one thing - to remain in power forever, live in pompous tasteless palaces, sail on yachts comparable in tonnage and cost to the entire Russian Navy, enjoying unlimited power and complete impunity".
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
Yes, that is why there are no honorable men left in Washington DC or in any seat of power in the EU.
Leftist tools gotta “leftist tool”, regardless of who their real leftist boss is.
Vindmans were anti-American/anti-liberty leftist tools for sure.
The real question amongst a bunch of CI folks within multiple agencies, was more related to who did they really work for.
Personally, since the early 2000’s, I have been involved in taking down multiple Russian and Ukrainian nationals working for multiple Russian services, who had made it to high influence positions within both the Pentagon, and into various US IC locations.
Some of these had come to the US as young teens.
The hardest to go after were the “highest bidder” types.
The highest bidder types were always harder to pin down, and usually had more political connections, but not exclusively.
You think all the current Senators and House members we support are dishonorable scumbags?
Bkmk
Need to get those four groups fighting each other for power.
If this guy manages to stay alive over the next few weeks, maybe others will think it’s safe to do so as well and turn on Putin.
He’s right about Lavrov, though - he was once highly regarded as a shrewd and cunning diplomat and now he’s just a propaganda tool for Putin’s brutal regime.
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