Idk man, I don't remember the west forcing you to invade your neighbor for imperialist reasons.
Not to mention Salisbury
I think maybe Russia is making Russia the enemy.
All they had to do was nothing.
Regularly attacking their neighbors is what makes Russia the enemy.
Came here for this. Yeah, you’re the enemy because you invaded another country, and have been trying to gaslight the rest of the world about it ever since. In fairness, though, the gaslighting has worked on one particular idiot.
It's pretty obvious to everybody that Putin is making Russia the enemy. He didn't have to do that; Europe desperately wanted Russia to be a friend, but Putin had other ideas. It's his conscious and explicit choice to make Russia the enemy, and he's the one constantly talking about being at war with the west. Nobody else js doing that but Putin.
he wants the old soviet union back, where they owned most the countries in central asia, and some of eastern europe.
Don't invade other countries. Don't interfere with other countries' elections. Considering Russia helped Trump get elected twice and tried three times I'm very angry at them.
Always has been the enemy and always will be the enemy certainly as long Putin remains in the Kremlin.
We are making Russia our enemy.
Russia is doing nothing wrong.
Don't forget 2015 Jade Helm Scare, where they were testing their ability to manipulate using crazy stories on social media. Russia was able to convince gov Abbott of TX to order the TX National Guard to observe training exercises in Central TX because he was convinced that Obama had ordered the army to go into Walmarts, turn them into makeshift detention facilities and was planning to round up people that voted against him in a hostile takeover of the state. Obviously, it was just a training exercise, but the fear on the right was extreme.
There's chechnya war and Georgia invasion, both which happened after fall of USSR
This was definitely not an exhaustive list.
Also the colonization of Africa to steal all their gold and minerals while propping up warlords in exchange for armed Russian mercs that crush dissent. That's happening right now.
1990-2013 I saw Russia as friendly'ish even when they fought in Chechnya etc.
2014-2021 wtf. maybe they are not so good? what's next?
2022- Russia is definitely the enemy
Yeah, I remember working in the early 2000s with Russian institutes and things were really good.
2008 was when I recall the first "wtf", in the war with Georgia.
Putin is what I imagine it would be like if a Bond villain won.
Plus we have dementia Goldfinger in charge across the way
Russia is making Russia the enemy. If they don't like it, they can stop that today, by ending the war, and stop being massive dickheads.
He's just angry Europe is arming itself quickly and ruining all his plans for further conquest.
Just like laws make a murder a criminal.
Have they ever tried not being everyone's enemy
Vlad and his MAGA buddies can piss in the wind. GTFO of Ukraine (includes Crimea), East Prussia, Karelia, and the Northern Territories.
Do you mean to tell me Ukraine started this senseless war? No? Then fuck off you dumb old man.
"I'm starting to think you guys only liked me for my gas!"
Literally 2 posts up on my feed:
This is great for distracting people from the real reason things are getting worse everywhere.
Between the invasion of Ukraine, the troll farms helping inflict Trump on us, the support for fascist parties, the novichok, the airspace incursions, the underwater cable sabotage, and the deployment of drones in western countries' airspace, that Russia's the one who has made Russia the enemy.
Don't fuckin' DARVO us, Puto, we know what you're up to. And we know that the only way this ends satisfactorily is with Putin on a meat hook.
All you do is invade your neighbouring country and commit war crimes, and suddenly you are labeled as the enemy... people are so cruel!
Putin allowed the West to do so with the Ukraine invasion.
If the shoe fits...
classic DARVO
russia is basically stuck in a fart suit with this unbearable shit until they decide they're tired of being abused or he dies
Like blaming the victim for sexual assault
Lol how can he say that with a straight face.
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