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One more thing that strikes me about this video: when was the last time the US launched a full-blown war in a country where all the American forces deployed -understood the native language- of the people they were fighting? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SSmithPeter1: @caro_vina @HayesBrown @smsaideman It’s complicated. Russians rightly feel that they were poorly treated by the US after… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nycsouthpaw: The 8th Circuit decides the government just gets to keep windfall profits from a foreclosure sale arising from a property… — PolitiTweet.org

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“So we’re only recognizing the independence of these two territories but also we’re attacking the whole country and forcing it to demilitarize because NATO” is way more complex than “because it was ours and should be again.” And yet Putin is leaning on the former. — PolitiTweet.org

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My best guess is that he knows an imperial war is harder to sell than a war of self-defense like WWII. Hence the conflicting justifications he’s given Russians: it’s just defending Russian speakers but also about Ukraine wanting to destroy Russia but just the Neo-Nazis in Kyiv — PolitiTweet.org

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We’ve had reporting that even people in Russia were surprised by how broad an invasion this is. And it contrasts the way that Putin has framed it at home. Which also begs the question: why decouple/undersell how this “operation” tied to his vision for a restored Russia? — PolitiTweet.org

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This video btw is what got me thinking about the likely lack of connection younger Russians have with Putin’s vision — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @dpeleschuk: And could make a similar argument in favor of young Ukrainians who have known only independence. — PolitiTweet.org

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A good question that I don’t know the answer to: is there a substantial “lost cause” movement in Russia? I know Putin has been revising history books to make the case that Stalin wasn’t that bad a guy, etc. but has that indoctrination attempt worked? — PolitiTweet.org

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Contrast that with the WWII-era narratives of Russian soldiers being sent to die by the thousands — but in defense of their homeland. Is today’s Russia willing to bear that kind of sacrifice in a war that lacks that kind of desperate resolve. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @herszenhorn: BREAKING: Germany OKs weapons for Ukraine in major shift on military aid https://t.co/xAep1voHbs — PolitiTweet.org

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It hits me how many of the likely v young soldiers that Russia is sending to Ukraine have just…no memory of the Soviet Union or Ukraine being a part of territory that Moscow controls. A whole generation with no real attachment to the thing Putin is trying to restore. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @peterbakernyt: Russia has not been able to achieve air superiority over Ukraine in part because Russian missiles have hit old air defen… — PolitiTweet.org

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“The USSR died in December 1991, but there are several possible dates we might place on the its metaphorical death certificate. Whichever one is deemed correct could alter the way international politics has functioned since the end of the Cold War” https://t.co/2SZYBInGYu — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @diplocourier: If you're scrambling to understand what's happening in Ukraine, why Russia invaded & what comes next, then you're not alo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @flaviajackson: SCOOP The U.S. is weighing sanctions on Russia’s central bank, and aims to coordinate any action with European allies. A… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RobynDixon__: Full steam ahead says #Russian military: AFTER KYIV'S REJECTION OF NEGOTIATIONS ALL UNITS ORDERED TO ADVANCE IN ALL SECTO… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JohnJHarwood: moments of "the resolve that we did" from July 25, 2019 phone call ZELENSKY: we are almost ready to buy more Javelins fr… — PolitiTweet.org

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@Shermanszippo I can’t improve on this — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Shermanszippo: @HayesBrown Putin explaining how all the new nato countries means Russia will be destroyed and must be stopped. https://… — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ve been fighting the urge to write a piece on Putin’s excuses for going to war solely to use this reference from “Clue”: “NATO, like communism, is a red herring” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JoshuaPotash: Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev writing "No war please" on the camera after his win in Dubai today. https://t.co/KC… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maxseddon: "The overwhelming majority of Russians are feeling pain, fear, powerlessness and . . . shame. Shame that the leader of the c… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @franklinleonard: Screenwriter: “Okay, so a comic actor stars in a movie about a guy who accidentally becomes President and has to stare… — PolitiTweet.org

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@chrisgeidner Lol this is more ridiculous Wordle 251 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 — PolitiTweet.org

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I was reminded the other night about this 2019 piece I wrote about how wild it was that Zelensky was leading in the race for president. What a term this guy has had: Blackmailed by an American president and invaded by Russia in less than 3 years https://t.co/v1qNTjMTLM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @swordsjew: just thinking about how volodymyr zelensky got elected after starring in a tv show about a teacher who improbably becomes uk… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ksheram https://t.co/cxSBbjIcT9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway I’m so old that I remember when she was a 31-year-old rising star in the Democratic Party and am just wondering if there was a specific heel-turn or more of a slow saunter downward — PolitiTweet.org

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“Yeah you know, forever ago when she ran for president. …it’s been HOW long???” — PolitiTweet.org