McCain said that Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. And he’s absolutely right.
People keep repeating that such statements will antagonize the Russians. This betrays a complete ignorance if what’s happening in Russia.
The Russians are already antagonized to the extreme. Not by anything that Americans did or said but simply because they are in need of an enemy to hate. Nobody has invented a better way of reinforcing a weak national identity than by a collective hatred of a real or imaginary enemy.
People who refuse to see that the origins of the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine lie in Russia and Ukraine and not in the US are buying into Putin’s propaganda.
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Some Americans do continue the stupidly. Listening to Madeleine Albright on the news and her come right out and say “The Russians are no longer a world power”.
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It’s sad when politicians engage in wishful thinking.
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Oops, that should read “stupidity”, lmao. now that was stupid. 😉
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Must be wonderful to know Russians so well! Would you mind to share from where you got your knowledge (about Russians)? Or maybe it is a just projection of an American self?
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I was born in Kharkov, my husband was born in Moscow, and we speak only Russian at home. 🙂
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Ohhhn….. SNAP!!!
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It’s always refreshing when people locate an American self in me. 🙂 🙂
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Face it you are not a Ukrainian woman you are an American man. I read it on the internet so it must be true. 😉
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Yes, my darkest secret has been revealed. 🙂
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