Thread by @JBelcourt73

In what has to be one of history's greatest examples of missing the forest for the trees, Russians have been protesting outside the US embassy in Moscow complaining that US weapons are wounding and maiming Russians.

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1559865488393572352?s=20&t=zNWU7GBX4xLOC4kwD0dexQ

The fact that the Russians have to be in Ukraine to be killed and maimed seems to have been completely missed. Though in truth it's just another example of Russian imperial/colonialism as a mindset that has filtered down to the lowest levels of society. They presume the

right to act as they see fit anywhere they can because only nations able to act where and how they want are truly sovereign and all others are either prizes to be won or vassals to be defended from other sovereign states. I would not at all be surprised if Russian maps only

showed 3 countries: US, China and Russia: all other states listed as vassals of one of the other 3. The funny part is, Russia is head diving into vassaldom with China. Just as telling, is the protest itself would indicate Kremlin approval. Seems Vlad and Company are starting

feel some pressure about the losses and need a scapegoat. Since Czar Putin can't be wrong, it must be someone elses' fault. Since war is the ultimate expression of imperial power it must be an outside actor and thus, "Hey look its Uncle Sam again". This also builds on Russian

statements that Russia is really fighting NATO not Ukraine. Pretty sure the Ukrainians disagree but would be A-OK with Russia duking it out with NATO in a NATO country instead of their own. It's another example of Russian imperial/colonial mindset not believing that other states

having a right to exist outside of the goodwill or machinations of more powerful states. It's a deranged mindset that was supposed to have been put to bed in 1945... Speaking of deranged... Kadyrov says Russia is going to demilitarize NATO next. With what? Strong words may scare

Germany, but she is no longer the NATO frontier. Anyone want to wager on what the response of the Poles and Baltic states to his statement will be? Speaking of NATO's eastern flank. Will Belarus attack or will Lukashenko continue to tuck and weave away from Putin's demands that

he join the war? Again, Russian efforts to force Belarussians to fight while also looting Belarus of arms and ammunition is itself a statement about how badly things are going for Russia. Belarussian ATC can see the NATO flights into Poland, listening posts can hear NATO radio

freqs, rail workers can count the number of trainloads of ammo Belarus no longer has. He is not stupid so I don't think anything short of Russia taking his family hostage will force him to act. I still think he is (or soon will be) putting out feelers to NATO looking for a way

out from under Russian suzerainty. Moving east, Russia is playing army games with such august military powers as Iran... Who apparently decided a trackside water hose must really have been Israeli spies. I am sure Iranian media is reporting on the great victory of Iranian tankers

over Jewish water hoses. RIP, secret Mossad watering system, you fought the good fight. Speaking of trolling... So some real epic level shit went down in Virginia.

https://twitter.com/CIA/status/1559570681309712384?s=20&t=zNWU7GBX4xLOC4kwD0dexQ

Obviously, this tweet was always going to have the Russians and their dis-info troll armies going ape given the #NAFOexpansion is non-negotiable. Likewise, everyone could foresee the glee in the replies by #Fellas well that and posts asking when to expect our paychecks. That

they would then donate to @georgian_legion to help compost more Russians. But nope, what makes it truly epic is the way the NSA responded...

https://twitter.com/NSAGov/status/1559599287683751938?s=20&t=zNWU7GBX4xLOC4kwD0dexQ

My government usually gets it wrong but this one they got right. It's pure gold. Something else my government has been getting right is the support for Ukraine. Leaving aside the strikes in Crimea and if they are or are not ATACMS fired from HIMARS made right here in #Arkasnas my

nation and her leaders like @JohnBoozman @SenTomCotton and @RepFrenchHill have been getting it right. Western arms help ensure that #Ukrainewillwin and eventually the #GenocideOfUkrainians will stop as Russia gets defeated. Oh!, may that day come soon. Fingers

crossed that Kherson sees tens of thousands of Russian POW's. The world needs some good news. Speaking of good news, recently on @MriyaReport @rshereme was talking about the economic future of Ukraine and how he thinks Ukraine's reserve of human capitol means the country will be

able to use the post-war recovery to turn itself into an IT power house, I hope so. @MriyaReport has such awesome guests. @jmvasquez1974 will be on Friday. The space not only hosts guests and promotes Ukrainian voices like @ferlain @Teoyaomiquu and others but also serves as a

vehicle to help drive donations to @MriyaAid a charity I fully support. It along with @georgian_legion and whatever drive @Teoyaomiquu has going is where my donation dollars go. All three are worthwhile. Speaking of donations, oh how glorious but the sky has opened up over

#arkasnas and it has been dumping rain. It is going to make walking the dogs in a few minutes kind of soggy but we needed it. We have had a very dry summer. The rain will refill my bog and get the #frogs singing again. Speaking of yet more good news, yesterdays post mentioning

#Battletech got me a follower in that community. @TableTopBill When this war is over, I really want to become an author of something/anything that is officially #battletech. Any of my readers into sci-fi or table top/miniatures gaming? I used to do some micro armor but after

Ukraine a lot of rules books are going to need to be re-written... Oh a quick question for @mfa_russia <--- given that you are still losing, why send your "modern" kit to play games while you send granddads tanks to fight? Don't you care about Russians getting maimed and killed

as much as the protestors in Moscow do? Who am I kidding, of course you don't. #russiaisateroriststate #NoVisasForrussians get bent you genocidal losers. Slava Ukraini, Ukraine will win on Ukraine's terms.

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