Other takes Uke RU

If Russia has caused the US to be polarized and divided over the last decade as many have said, then 1) thank God this happened due to external reasons not internal 2) We need to take out Russia to unite our country again. If and when Mike Pence says that Ukraine is persecuting Christians and condemns them for it I will follow suit and join Pence in that condemnation of Ukraine

I love how Glenn Greenwald owned his haters in this post (but I also love how that guy managed to accuse Glenn of being pro Putin in said post too)

Great takes on Russia-Ukraine in this thread (including Emma Vigeland and Sam Seder's takes on Ukraine-Russia), I particularly support Emma's takes (and AJW's takes) on Ukraine-Russia here

 and especially Sam Seder's views on Russia-Ukraine

I like Emmanual Macron's meeting with China and him urging China to push for peace between Russia and Ukraine. It is good that Macron is bucking the west's hostility toward China by trying diplomacy with them

In one episode of Family Ties , Alex Keaton pretends to support the Equal Rights Amendment because he's attracted to one of its supporters. http://web.archive.org/web/20191011195307/https://www.cracked.com/article_26594_the-classic-sitcom-that-looks-completely-insane-in-2019.html  

So just like Alex Keaton 'supported' the Equal Rights Amendment in that Family Ties episode , I on the record legality wise 'second' the expressed viewpoint by the Satanic Temple in this screenshot' on the Russia-Ukraine conflict

This is because of the absolute zero tolerance I have of the US being involved in Somalia, Syria and Yemen, I force myself to have these views which tankies ,libertarians and paleoconservatives would say is 'pro Ukraine and Anti Russia'

The US being involved in Ukraine looks like as justifiable as the US going to war in WWII in comparison to the US being involved in Somalia , and to a slightly lesser extent in Syria and Yemen

But I refuse to extent that courtesy to the US's involvement in Somalia , Syria and Yemen since the US has absolutely zero right to be in Somalia and really no right to be in Syria or Yemen either  See here and here for more

So instead of me downplaying the US being pro Ukraine due to me being so rabidly against the US being involved in Somalia, Syria, Yemen I go further as seen above

Keep in mind it isn't the hardest thing for me to do my own 'Alex Keaton supports the ERA' by on the record legality wise 'seconding' the expressed viewpoint by the Satanic Temple in this screenshot' on the Russia-Ukraine conflict

After all, the US being involved in Ukraine is said to be to stop China from rising as a global power which is a pretty plausible rationale reason by my estimates for the US being involved in Ukraine. This and the US weakening Russia is said by the US to part of a bigger picture to stop China and Russia from ending the West and Liberal 2.0 monopoly  (i.e per the head of the UN, China and Russia are a threat to Western hegemony)

This meshes with what Mark Milley stated when he said 'Ukraine is an important national interest' (to the US). 

This is an interesting viewpoint on Russia-Ukraine 

Here is sane apologia for US-NATO imperialist, warmongering in Ukraine by Neocon Inc (Bulwark).That article by Bulwark is decent because it at least tries to call in to and help non interventionists on the left like me and Hasan and on the right to see the light and support Ukraine (which is better than Bulwark dissing us non interventionists as so many other Liberal 2.0 articles do to non interventionists on the left and right). 

Of course Bulwark is still neocon, imperialist, warmongering Liberal 2.0 complex and thus is actually a bad 

Bulwark actually got both me and Hasan Piker to become more neutral, open minded on and more sympathetic to Ukraine and less 'giving a pass to Russian' on the Russia-Ukraine war by that article piece to non interventionists and tankies like me and him (Bulwark got both me and Hasan to have some better takes on the Russia-Ukraine conflict , now if only me and Hasan returned the favor to Bulwark)

However, I am open minded to supporting the US using Multipolarism against Russia to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict

That would mean the US and Europe would need to impose a regime change or destabilization in Russia to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The US and Europe would need to increase “free trade” and militarism between eachother to create separate "unions" of countries with the US and Europe joined to make this work and to take out Russia

OR

If the US wants to get this war done with and stop getting cute here is what I think we should do: The US should use Environmental determinism to 'invade' Russia , take out Vladimir Putin,  throw all pro Putin Russians and all people close to Putin in gulags or concentration camps then have the US use a fusion of Ultra Imperialism , Protectoratism and Soft Social Imperialism fused with Liberal Colonial rule. This would basically make Russia literally our 51st state. 

Then we should force Russia to be just like the US (like the US under Democrats) and encourage millions of Americans from mainland/Hawaii to move to this new US state of Russia to help with this transition to a true liberal democracy that meshes with the above ideology (since Russians are backward, reactionary barbarians trolls).   Then after Joe Biden's 8 year term as President of the US is up, we can then install Joe Biden as the leader of Prussia to continue to move Prussia leftward

I echo what Nikole Hanna Jones said on Twitter about the Russia-Ukraine conflict. She is correct btw

 “Every journalist covering Ukraine should really, really look internally. This is why I say we should stop pretending we have objectivity and in instead acknowledge our biases so that we can report against them,” she wrote. “Many of us see the racialized analysis and language.”

“Every journalist covering Ukraine should really, really look internally. This is why I say we should stop pretending we have objectivity and in instead acknowledge our biases so that we can report against them. Many of us see the racialized analysis and language. https://t.co/Q0bmQzqja4

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) February 27, 2022

She added, “And honestly, these admissions of shock that this is happening in a European country are ahistorical and also serve to justify the lack of sympathy for other invasions, other occupations and other refugee crisis involving peoples not considered white.”

And honestly, these admissions of shock that this is happening in a European country are ahistorical and also serve to justify the lack of sympathy for other invasions, other occupations and other refugee crisis involving peoples not considered white.

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) February 27, 2022

Later on, Hannah-Jones called the European continent a “geopolitical fiction” that is intended to separate itself from Asia and which led to the “alarm” over an invasion of people who “are like us.” 

“What if I told you Europe is not a continent by defintion, but a geopolitical fiction to separate it from Asia and so the alarm about a European, or civilized, or First World nation being invaded is a dog whistle to tell us we should care because they are like us,” she asked.

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) February 27, 2022

“To be clear: We should care about Ukraine. But not because it is European, or the people appear white, or they are ‘civilized’ and not ‘impoverished,’” she wrote. “All people deserve to be free and to be welcomed when their countries are at war.”

Amnesty International has accused the Volodmyr Zelensky regime of war crimes as can be seen here

This is a complicates mess 

I support Scarlett Lewis being Pro Ukraine since I give her leeway to do so, despite my views on this conflict due to her being a caring, loving, compassionate person

I am against the Azoz Battalion. I am Anti Azoz Battalion. They are nazis who need to be taught a lesson on how to egalitarian toward Jew and non whites. The MSM has whitewashed them (also see here) . These neocons in the US are wrong for allowing those nazis into the US and parading them around at universities (at the Warrior games, Azoz should have been forced to play the villains which they are) 

And in the event of those Azoz Nazis being armed, why is that a problem since we can say 'let the nazis (Azoz) and the people who allowed them to become popular (Russian troops in Ukraine) take each other out , less nazis and with Russians dying it causes the war to end quicker'. 

Though opposing military funding for Ukraine because there are a lot of nazis in the Azoz regiment of the whole Ukrainian military is as illogical as opposing Medicare For All because naughtzies here in the US might get healthcare/better healthcare

However see this too which shows maybe Azoz Batallion aren’t as bad as I thought and that they might not even be Nazis . The Azov battalion got its start as a start as an alt-right (which includes neo nazis) paramilitary unit—the kind of thing that in the US. might be called a “militia.” 

And just like militias in the US., from the Michigan Militia to the Oath Keepers to the Proud Boys, the group attracted members that were fond of guns, God, and Hitler. Racist and antisemitic attitudes weren’t universal, but they were certainly tolerated, even in some of the symbols used by that militia. 

Some of the alt right/neo nazi types in Azoz Battalion did drift away to other groups especially before the battalion became known for their resistance to Russia in 2014 and 2022.  Even if Azoz is technically not a neo nazi group anymore and is more about local pride, they still carry a lot of that Neo nazi baggage .

I also am against the antisemetic elements in NAFO and their Georgian warlords, and cruel methods and I generally echo this article on NAFO

Liberalism 2.0 is more dangerous than the Ukrainian Nazis in the Azoz Battalion and I generally echo this article which shows why

If Russia attacks the US me and Azoz Battalion/NAFO (including the Georgian Legion) will have a common enemy (Russia), enemy of my enemy type of thing but not until.

Which would be like during World War I where former President Woodrow Wilson said that the US and the Allies had common enemies during World War I . 

In that case there would be no future for Russia since there would likely be a nuclear war in that hypothetical situation so it would be easy to be against Russia then. But Russia hasn't attacked us so that is only hypothetical yet hey applaud this?

This Tweet in this screenshot here reflects why Liberal 2.0ers have warmed up to and even supported Azoz Battalion since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a nutshell. I can sympathize with Liberal 2.0ers going through those mental gymnastics to warm up to/support Azoz Battalion

TBH I would support Azoz Batillion if Russia attacked the US even if they are the big bad wolf

Why is Rage against the war seen by some as bigoted?

.@luqmannation1 The rage against the war article says "white" (people) 32 x & "white Latte leftists" 4x. Also it is @4aPeoplesParty & @LPMisesCaucus that organized this.  twitter.com/RageAgainstWar…" Kelly Lane

The leftists and lean leftists who were apart of that anti war protest should have first literally deradicalized and then REPOGRAMMED the Mises Caucus, Jackson Hinkle, Jordan Page, Tatiana Moroz, and every other right winger who were set to attend/speak at that rally to become left wing (as left wing as me/Contrapoints or MAYBE at absolute worst as 'left' as Josh Gottheimer) before the rally and then banned all Russian flags and pro Putin/pro Russian messages and signs from that rally BEFORE they agreed to attend/speak at that rally. 

If that had happened I would have been in between mildly 'meh' and positive about that rally and maybe even considered attending it virtually myself .But as it is now NO way JOSE.  

I hate everyone at that anti war protest who displayed Russian flags or pro Putin/pro Russian signs/messages. Those people are Russian trolls and are enemies of the US and West. Every speaker at that rally should condemn them for showing support for Russia

Any protester at that anti war rally who displayed Russian flags or pro Putin/Pro Russian signs/messages should be hunted down by the FBI and be treated like the January 6 rioters were treated by the FBI (and be put in prison for many years). I wish that people who see Russian flags, or pro Russian/pro Putin signs or messages in public or on someones lawn or automobile burns those Russian flags and steals and destroys those pro Russian/pro Putin signs and messages asap. 

The Rage against the war type people wrongly paint Russia and Putinism as 'poor victims of aggression' while wrongly painting the Ukrainian solider and US solider (assisting Ukraine) as 'murderers' . It should be the other way around. 

UPDATE from late 2023: I have come around to retroactively endorsing the Rage Against the War protests. Getting that type of coalition of people from so many different backgrounds together for a common respectful cause gives me hope for a political future without arbitrary political partisanship. Plus I would be a hypocrite to oppose any anti War/pro peace effort due to my views on this conflict.  (also see here, here, here). 

I am see positives in the Mises Caucus joining our coalition in to protest against the war in Ukraine. 

Not so much because I am a fan of Ludwig von Mises and I believe a true antiwar coalition should go beyond party lines, but more so because I hoped the leftists and progressives at that RATW rally like Max Blumenthal, Anya Parampil, Dennis Kucinich, Cynthia McKinney, Garland Nixon, Georgette Druck, Tulsi Gabbard, Jimmy Dore, Scott Horton, Ann Wright, Gerald Celente, Roger Waters, Chris Hedges, David Swanson, Supreme (Wu Tang Clan), Jill Stein, US senate candidate Diane Sare, Kim Iversen, Jordan Page and their left wing/progressive views rubbed off on the Mises caucus members to push the Mises Caucus leftward. If you took all of the Mises caucus views and platform and moved said views to where the above leftists/progressives, the Mises caucus would be based imho

Even Alexander Reid Ross admits there are inevitable crossovers between the Post Left /Left leaning Civic Libertarians crowd and deplorables on the hard populist right as mentioned here

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-12-08/israel-gaza-war-south-youth (just asking questions by post article link)

Georgette

@GeorgetteDruck

Feb 15

Why didn’t you guys just kick Jackson as a speaker? All he does is ruin the credibility of the event. And it’s not because of his political positions; it’s not the social conservatism that’s the problem, it’s the utter disrespect and contempt Jackson displays toward women

Max Blumenthal

@MaxBlumenthal

Feb 15

I’m not an organizer of the rally. There are several speakers I disagree with on other issues but maximizing numbers to protest this war transcends all that.

James Jos. Kroeger

@JamesKroeger5

What's amazing is when "antiwar" Leftists

are unable to recognize when the CIA is

successfully "Dividing& Conquering" them

over "purity" issues

"I don't like everything those other antiwar ppl

advocate so I won't be seen w/them!"

CIA celebrates yet another victory over The Left

ernAcular

@realVernAcular

Feb 15

You could have done this WITHOUT amplifying the detractors, please stop doing their dirty work for them, they are desperate, let them fade away gracefully

How to stop war in Ukraine: Russia withdraws its military forces and its occupiers beyond the 1991 border of the sovereign nation of Ukraine. End of war. Why is that scenario never mentioned by self-proclaimed 'peace' activists like you? Seriously, why? https://malcontentment.com/washingtons-defunct-atomwaffen-division-had-deep-ties-to-the-terrorist-org-russia-imperialist-movement/…

Reposting the video #Ukraine's #peaceformula for all the vatniks and tankies who claim not to be aware of it.

This Daily Beast article leans anti Russia but still is relatively more than halfway decent and makes some defensible insights (though I agree with the Gravel Instittue's initial views on this Russia-Ukraine conflict in some weird way) 

The people that  at the Rage Against the war and the similar 'anti war' rally by Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil in the UK are unkempt and unclean and sicken everyone. They should grateful that the US and UK gives them freedom to protest against the US and UK involvement in Ukraine and against the US and UK not supporting Russia

The anti Rage against the War machine people and the anti Rage Against the War UK people should have taken care of the slovenly, unshaven, neckbearded, kooky, reeking crew that organized/attended/spoke at the Rage Against the Machine rallies in the US and UK by ignoring them and not caring about them. Publicity of those rallies, while critical is still publicity and thus helped spread their toxic rally messages further than they would have went if we all ignored them.

The Rage against the War rallies in the US and UK were anti American/ anti British, Anti Ukrainian and pro Russian and that is wrong.  To the Rage Against the War US/UK people, appeasement is a deadly way to save lives.  

The opportunist extremists Rage Against the War people (who are a significant minority of said protesters at those protests) in the US and UK belittled DC and London with their 'anti war' protests. Those sub protests were unpatriotic 

We people who are against these rare but noticeable red green brown Rage Against the War type Jackson Hinkle type tankies and Mike Enoch type right wingers who used that those rallies to spread hate

Their brand of 'anti war' (pro Russia) activism should become an example to all other people in the west by ignoring or throwing shade on these so called 'anti war' and 'peaceful' pro Russian activist black blocks within the Rage Against the War movement.

I am glad that the MSM mainly ignored those Rage Against the War protests for the most part, just due to those rare bad Rage Against the War protesters alone

If this method is followed across the length and breadth of the west  this "great unwashed", who only seek to attract attention to themselves and their cause, would soon fade away due to the lack of publicity they so ardently seek. Rage Against the War people are entitled to their opinion that those protesters are welcome at their rallies but I am also entitled to my opinion in that allowing those type of protesters at Rage Against the War rallies is wrong and has poisoned the Rage Against the War protests

The fringe protesters (and their enablers and apologists) from the Rage Against the War protests are wrong for their anti Ukrainism, pro Russianism/ dogwhistling pro Russianism because by doing that they are aiding and abetting Russia . They are cowards.

Haw can the peaceniks at the Rage Against the war rallies and similar red green brown 'anti war' rallies explain their philosophy - if you can call it that of allowing fascists and fringe tankies to march with them —to American and UK volunteers who died in Ukraine fighting for Ukraine against Russia . How can they explain their philosophy - if you can call it that —to Ukrainians who died defending their country?

Though I balance this out with my other views on the Rage Against the War protest here to the point where I might have an indifference to the Rage Against the War rally (i.e where I know it was wrong but I say nothing)

I do support the anti Ukraine-Russia war protests that the DSA, CPUSA, World Workers Party organizes and participates in along with CodePink's Chi Peace Action , or here. They protest the US involvement in Ukraine the correct way and in a way that doesn't make the mistakes that the red green brown 'anti war' protests (like Rage Against the War) did in their protests

I was, am and will always be against the Nord steam pipeline being built . That pipeline would have destroyed our environment and would pollute our world, and makes climate change even worse than it is now. I am glad that the Nord steam pipeline was destroyed. 

Joe Biden is a hypocrite on the pipelines. If Joe Biden would have approved the Keystone Pipeline ,the US could have been energy independent and we would have supplied the world with oil. 

I hope the US and European sanctions and some penalties against Russia stay forever. Not because of the war in Ukraine but because it would be hypocritical to make such sanctions and some such penalties against Russia and then end those sanctions and some of those penalties at a later time and pretend everything is normal. 

I don't agree with the sanctions and penalties but since they are made most of them should stick.

It is NOT racist to oppose the US sending money to Ukraine as 'racist' . It is NOT racist to oppose the US sending money to the neo nazi 'nationalist' Azoz Battalion 

Glenn Greenwald, Edward Luttwak and Rand Paul should not have been put on that blacklist. I echo Glenn's comments etc in this article. They weren't spreading Russian propaganda.  What Vlodomor Zelesky did was wrong, petty, evil and deflecting. If anyone is running propaganda it is Ukraine

"Before Russia's invasion and since, Zelensky has abolished basic liberties: shuttered opposition media, outlawed parties, imprisoned dissidents.

As Ukraine demands money and arms from the West, they now want to export this repression to our countries with McCarthyite blacklists:

"You can see the full Ukrainian blacklist, obtained by @unherd. Beyond the individuals listed above, officially maligned are @JeffDSachs, @RandPaul, former Brazil President @LulaOficial, Col. Douglas MacGregor, Caleb Maupin, Marine LePen and many others:"

"It takes extreme audacity for Zelansky and his henchmen to go around the world demanding other nations send massive amounts of weapons and money to him, then try to suppress dissent in our countries by smearing journalists and citizens who question. My full statement to @unherd:"

"'ll be on Fox with   8:30 pm ET, about the Zelensky Govt's secret list of "Russian propagandists" -- i.e., people such as myself, @RandPaul @TulsiGabbard @LulaOficial and others who dared question their demands for endless war support:"

if any, result from being placed on the list. Military analyst Edward Luttwak was placed on the list for suggesting that referendums should be held in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions concerning their relation to Ukraine.

“From 24th February, Day One of the war, I have relentlessly argued that not just the U.S., U.K., Norway, and others should send weapons to Ukraine, but also the reluctant trio of France, Germany, and Italy," Luttwak told UnHerd.

"While I have repeatedly said my sympathies lie with Ukraine, my loyalty is to the United States. My oath of office obligates me to defend the United States and that includes defending our country from incurring massive new debt no matter how worthy the cause," Paul told the Washington Examiner. reword and for me

While I am not indifferent to the plight of Ukranians and I wish them nothing but the best our government's loyalty should be to the US. We should focus more on fixing our humongous debt no matter how worthy is the cause in something else (like sending aid to Ukraine)

"I have personally lobbied defense ministers of NATO countries” to send more weapons as part of the war effort, he said. “I am not exactly Putin’s most faithful agent.”

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Some of my views on modern Russia match the Five Star Movement's views on modern Russia

I am very ok with the fact that Russia is becoming Anti West and is breaking free of Western Imperialism. We need more anti western/non western type countries as long as they let their conscious be their guide and are no further right than  Right lean Center (see this for more) 

I would support Russia going Manifest Destiny/Russian World (Russia Orthodox Church, anti west , jingoism etc) mode ONLY if Russia's pioneers, politicians and military goes into space to other solar systems, galaxies and universes and then expands their Russian World in a Manifest Destiny way in  extraterrestrial intelligent life inhabited countries on another planet in another solar system, galaxy or universe (countries that are as similar to the US/Central Europe/Eastern Europe/Russia of our planet)

I am against Russia going Manifest Destiny/Russian World (Russia Orthodox Church, anti west , jingoism etc) on our planet and if they ever do that or are doing it now I call on all people close to Vladimir Putin to confront him privately and chew him out over this (and to 'eat him' too because EAT THE RICH) and tell him to stand down and cancel that Manifest Destiny/Russian World stuff. The USSR and Russia use to be anti classic imperialism so for them to go Manifest Destiny/Russian World mode now on Earth is a major no no in my eyes

In one documentary by Adam Curtis, he talks about Vladimir Putin. I don't know how true it is, but it goes into the way that Putin masks himself as numerous different things to throw off the West, like being a hidden Communist hoping to revive the USSR, to a wannabe Czar, to a social conservative that says he wants to save white Western civilization. From this he garners support from people on both sides of the political spectrum.

I don't think any communists or any of us who are part communist "support" the Vladimir Putin government(s) over any possible Communist government led by the KPRF. 

Our true loyalty is clearly with the Party and the class, and not with the bourgeois state. But Putin's politics are defensive, and he has gone a pronounced distance in restoring Russia's geopolitical position (which is a good thing for everyone, not only the Russian state or its population). 

Putin also ended the economic looting that happened in Russia by the NATO bloc and the international cartels, and the most terrible years of poverty under Boris Yeltsin which are over. 

Definitely Vladimir Putin is better than what came before him, and we can recognize that and in some way support the rebirth of Russian sovereignty that Putin has overseen and the constant attempts to lessen the warmongering of the NATO powers. 

Of course no left unitist like me and no communist is ever going to honestly support a rightist nationalist leader (like Vladimir Putin) over the Communist Party, it's just a matter of recognizing that there have been benefits from Vladimir Putin that were not there before, which includes for Russian workers and for workers internationally.

I retroactively support the Dissenters Marches and Strategy 31 protests

Like the IWW ,I supported Alexander Lukashenko during the 2020 Belarus protests. The anti Lukashenko protestors were counterproductive and maybe even wrong

My views on the whole smearing people as Russian assets, bots, pro Russian etc can be found here

Russia's pro Putin nazis in Russia (also see here) all belong to a family line that are made up of the actual people who the curse of Ham was placed on. They are demons and if they won't change they should be thrown in gulags for the rest of their lives and worked to death 

Russia's pro Putin nazis in Russia are all hereditary inferior to everyone else on Earth of all identities) based on their cursed and flawed family line and genetics. All people on Earth are equal to every other person on Earth but pro Putin nazis in Russia are inferior to every race, ethnicity and family line on Earth and are the only subtype of people on Earth who deserve to be discriminated against based on their genetics. Russia's pro Putin nazis in Russia are subhumans, spooks, orcs, crackers etc.

Every Russian pro Putin nazi in Russia should be tracked down by good Samaritans, then literally have the sense brutally beaten into them and then deradicalized and reprogrammed to force them to be left wing or liberal progressive, and to have the exact views on Russia-Ukraine as Jacobin, Kyle Kulinski or maybe even Henry Kissiner and Breitt Baier , and to no longer be bigoted against Jews , BIPOC, Ukranians or any other race, ethnicity or religion. Maybe by pounding their faces in until they are near death we can force them to be left wing, or liberal and to no longer be hateful against people based on race, ethnicity and religion.

If nothing else I hope that Vladimir Putin (assuming that the WJC is correct see here) has a positive influence on the Russian pro Putin nazi in Russia where they stop being nazis and become as liberal on the Jewish issue like the WJC said that Vladimir Putin was in the above article. Though as a Antifascist, while I am against Russian pro Putin nazi in Russia, they are after all in Russia and I am in the US . So until I go to Russia to bash the Russian fash, I have to focus on bashing the fascism in my neck of the woods . 

I am passive and have a dealigned view of the Russian Volunteer Corps, but only if (and only since) they are pro Ukraine and fighting for Ukraine against Russia. If (and or when) they turn against Ukraine and go back to being pro Russia, I will hate them as much as I hate the Russian pro Putin Nazis in Russia.

As it is now, assuming the Russian Volunteer Corps are fighting for Ukraine against Russia, it is a murky situation with them. As long as they are fighting for Ukraine against Russia, and stay pro Ukraine and anti Russia, I will not be curse of ham cultural ethnisit toward them like I am with Russia pro Putin nazis in Russia. 

I still condemn the Russian Volunteer Corps nazi views,  and I will deradicalize the Russian Volunteer Corps nazis and reprogram them without their consent to be pro Jewish and left wing on social issues or like Joe Rogan on social issues, just like I will do with Russian pro Putin Russian nazis, However unlike with the Russian pro Putin Nazis in Russia, I will do this to the Russian Volunteer Corps anti Putin Russian nazis without violence via digital activism. 

To deal with these pro Putin Russian neo nazi scum, (also see here) I feel that Russia should get undercover Russian libs ,leftists or military people to do what this black activist did here to destroy said pro Putin Russian neo nazi groups. If Russia is serious about denazification of Ukraine, why not begin such denazification as mentioned above at home (Russia)

These people and a great deal of the GOP leadership will have blood on their hands. They’re fanning flames, encouraging Putin to attack Ukraine. Putin and his regime perceive opportunities because such fools suggest the U.S. is weak, divided, and distracted.  Alexander Vindman

The U.S. & West have no leverage to get Russia to compromise, so the board argues the negligible leverage the West does have, should be applied to coerce Ukraine. In reality, it's far more likely that Russia & Ukraine will discount us... the issue will be settled on battlefield.  Alexander Vindman

Recommendation: help Ukraine achieve military victories & compel Russia to negotiate, soonest, before this conflict hits more milestones & locks NATO & Russia into war. War remains an extreme possibility, but we continue to march in that direction the longer the war continues. Alexander Vindman

If we are gonna call Vladimir Putin a 'dictator' then by that very definition it is unavoidable that we must call Volodmyr Zelensky a dictator also since Zelensky's actions during his country's war with Ukraine is by the book (though let's book burn and give Zelensky a pass?) anti Democratic, dictatorial, authoritarian (or 'extremely hands on'), tyrannical and if the war doesn't end soon the way Volodmyr desires we can add totalitarianism to that list (something even Russia doesn't do since they at least pretend to have elections every few years even during wars). But whatever if Ukraine doing that stuff is what 'Liberal Democracy' looks like then maybe 'Liberal Democracy' is based and savage

I will also add more stories of Volodmyr Zelensky's draconian anti democracy, autocratic actions during this war from other sources on the left or liberal side like from Glenn Greenwald, Ben Norton, Aaron Mate etc. Don't worry I know they fluff up Russia and Putin but that doesn't mean they aren't telling the truth at least partly. I use their narratives to give an idea of what I am conveying not what they are conveying so to speak.

I believe both of these points in this link are correct and valid (but the first one is more correct and valid than the second one)