- Joined
- Jul 18, 2017
Considering I was around and shitposting back in the ancient days of 2014, I lost most of my sympathy for Russia's shenanigans. Even then the capabilities of the Russian military showed glaring issues, and of course they shot down that Dutch airliner, attacked Donetsk airport and then had the gall to say it was Ukraine who broke the terms of Minsk 1, and also Russia NEVER invaded them. It was all a perfectly native uprising against Nazis n' shit.equipment with 3 conscripted young men in it.
the glee at which the prog element in the west froths at the mouth with literal bloodlust at the mere prospect that a man might die because he is ill-equipped, just because they are russian, really is staggering. it's a sort of jingoistic frenzy that I was led to believe my entire life is an old, antiquated, and undesirable trait only found in shithole authoritarian countries like Russia.
Even in the height of the anti-terrorism frenzy in the US after 9/11, people were proud of the US military, not necessarily wanting to see mangled raghead bodies. In this instance, it's kind of a proxy war, so you can't really be like "GOD DAMN THE UKRAINIANS ARE SO FUCKING AWESOME THEY ARE LIKE COSSAKS N SHEET."
It was absolutely insufferable. So I must confess to experiencing some schadenfreude at the suffering of the Russian military as they repeat the same mistakes and get absolutely trashed. This was supposed to be Russia's big mask off moment, when they finally showed their hand. The fact they were bluffing with a 7 and 2 the entire time is hilarious too me, made all the funnier because they honestly, genuinely believed they were holding the winning hand. Its a shame so many Russians are getting killed because of their leaders incompetence, but as my Grandma commented when asked what she thought of the Russian people being oppressed by the Soviets, "They get the Government they deserve".
That said, the fact so many Prog tards also support Ukraine has been irritating since this started. One of the other funnier things to come out of this war was Reddit volunteers getting bombed because they posted their location for updoots. I've learned to just ignore them.