• 420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Putin reportedly said. “But if I wanted to, I could take Kiev in two weeks.”

    Besides the issue of not being able to verify this was actually said, “if I wanted to I could take Kiev in two weeks” is a lot different from “this entire operation will be over in three hours.” “If I wanted to” in fact implies taking Kiev was not a goal, which aligns with it not being officially stated as a goal.

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      1 year ago

      3 hour tour is an old English idiom, I can understand if it’s unfamiliar to you.

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        You put it in quotes and called it a special military op instead of a tour, so it was a little bit obfuscated

        Edit: not that you meant to, of course, but it is what it is

        As an aside, I think Putin was probably right, but under the condition that he carpet bombs multiple major cities from the first available moment. The war is brutal, but Russia has not been carpet-bombing for a litany of reasons (and it is good that they aren’t)

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          1 year ago

          its hilarious people who goad putin for not waging war like america does, which is just to kill everyone without consideration

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        1 year ago

        Lmao so now you’re claiming Putin was using some old English idiom in a private conversation with a Portuguese politician? Then said politician quoted Putin as saying a different phrase?

        Truly wonderful, the mind of a liberal is.