Russians have been sending pop stars to Syria to entertain Syrians. Yes, really. First, they bomb them into the ground, then they sing to them.
Yesterday, another military plane was on its way from Russia to Syria, bringing more singers and dancers as well as more military personnel. The plane crashed. Everybody died.
Putin is refusing to entertain the possibility of an act of terror and I don’t blame them. Russian planes are in a terrible state and keep crashing because they are old and rickety.
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At first, hearing it was in the Black Sea before hearing it started in Sochi, I was concerned it would be blamed on Ukraine but the geography should prevent that…. but then Putin. So…
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The most obvious explanation is probably true: carelessness or bad condition of the plane.
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Just for the record: They were going there to entertain the troops for the holidays. Much like the U.S. does as well.
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There is nothing “like the US” in what Russia has been doing. It’s shameful even to say such thing as a joke.
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Oh ok, so the USA has never sent entertainers such as Bob Hope, Marilyn Monroe, etc to entertain their troops during the holidays?
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As I said, it’s shameful to make such analogies. Ignorance is a right but not a duty.
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Ummm… what?! Ok, you win. The U.S. has never ever sent anyone to sing for USA troops during the holidays. You might want to check your history though, as it is well documented for their troops in vietnam.
At first, I thought you were just incredibly misinformed. But it’s quite obvious now that you are ignorant and looking for a fight – which I’m not going to give you. Merry Christmas 🙂
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I’m not looking for anything. I’m sitting quietly in my own blog, pointing out that any superficial similarity shouldn’t be used to minimize an atrocity that is happening in Syria right now.
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I’m in no way trying to minimize the atrocities there! I don’t know enough to even think about discussing that. So I’m very sorry if my comment was perceived as such.
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