Thread by @JBelcourt73

I see the Red Army is still trending. Lets put the Red Army in WWII into context. Sept 1939 the Red Army invades Poland and won't leave for good until 1993. November 1939 the Red Army invades Finland and is still there occupying Karelia. Match 1940 the Red Army occupies part of

Romania and is still there is parts of now Moldova. June 1940 the Red Army invades the Baltics. The last of them won't leave until 1994. August 1941 the Red Army invades Iran. They only left under threat of a US nuclear strike and much like Ukraine tried to set up separatist

people's republic. In 1944 the Soviets invaded Bulgaria who was never at war with the USSR. Fall of 1944 they invaded Czechoslovakia and would not leave until 1991. They occupied parts of Norway and Denmark in 1945, Manchuria and Korea would also be added late in the war. None

of these countries were at war with the USSR when invaded. You cannot call it liberation since the troops stayed, installed puppet governments and/or forced territorial concessions on them. So lets add them up from the day WWII started to the day it ended the Red Army invaded: 13

nations. How many did Hitler invaded? Poland, USSR, France, Luxemburg, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Greece, Yugoslavia, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungry, Romania, Italy, Monaco: 16. The Soviet Union was as aggressive as the Nazis and this fact has been glossed over for

far too long. Tens of millions of victims of genocide and wars of aggression never got justice after WWII because Soviet aggression was ignored in the post war trials. The idea that the Red Army was somehow a force for good is balderdash. The Soviet Union was likewise a

successor state to an equally voracious empire in Imperial Russia. For example there are still 16 people living in Finland who were born in Imperial Russia. They didn't move, the Finns won their independence. The ghosts of Russification started by the czars still echo in places

like South Ossetia and Eastern Ukraine. In fact Putin uses these ghosts to claim historic right to re-establish the empire. Go read the transcripts of his speeches. He does not say Ukraine, he says, our historic Russian lands. He completely denies the agency of the locals.

Ukraine held several votes, none of them saw a call for Union with Russia/USSR pass. So when you see the tankies and trolls spouting nonsense know you know the truth. The Red Army is the sword of imperialism. The war in Ukraine did not spring forth because of the West or NATO but

is only do to Russian greed. When Putin failed to corrupt Ukraine and subvert the Ukrainian constitution via Yanukovich this war was inevitable. The only possible response from us is too support Ukraine in her hour of need. My message never changes: send more, send better and

send now. I've been tagging @JohnBoozman, @SenTomCotton, and @RepFrenchHill with that messages for months. I also want them to push @POTUS to declare Russia a state sponsor or terrorism. I also ask my readers daily to donate because governmental giving is only part of the

solution in meeting Ukraine's needs. Giving to organizations like @MriyaAid, @U24_gov_ua, @UkraineAidOps, @3xR_team, @WCKitchen, @LibertyUkraineF, @belwarriors, and @georgian_legion helps turn back the evil Putin unleashed. Finally the daily plug for @MriyaReport my go to space

for all things Ukraine. Until Ukraine Wins on Ukraine's Terms: Slava Ukrainii! @mfa_russia <--- still losing and its time to wake up from your dreams of empire and actually look inward at the rot that is Russian society.

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