Who said any of this with any seriousness? Aside from the NATO point, I've heard that. But all the 'tankie' vs 'anti-tankie' posting to me is exhausting and continously strawmanning and a massive waste of energy. It's hard to see a single opinion that would be changed by these sorts of posts, it's only antagonism. So what is your goal for posting it?
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Doesn't it seem strange to you guys that you hear these exact same talking points from the Donald Trump people?
It's almost like all these nationalistic authoritarians have more in common with each other than with the rest of us...
With how far Trump is up up Putin's ass, not strange at all.
I think Putin's and Trump's agendas differ a bit. Putin is an irredentist megalomaniac that loves his past as a tool of KGB oppression and wishes it back, Trump is just an old, demented, tired-of-life racist.
"but Putin says the people living in those border regions are majority 'ethnic Russian' so invading is okay"
How'd my in-laws get on the internet?