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  • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    It's going to be fascinating to see what happens with Zelensky. I can't think of a U.S. proxy war that similarly lionized its local puppet ruler. I'm not getting my hopes up, but there's at least some potential for folks to realize they've been had.

    • TheGamingLuddite [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      It's gonna be that one "Anti-Soviet freedom fighter puts his country on the road to peace" article times a thousand

      • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        That came out a decade or so before 9/11, though, and a few puff pieces don't come close to the wall-to-wall Zelensky propaganda we've seen over the last year.

        Say the war turns hard against Ukraine in the next 12 months, and say Zelensky takes the money and runs instead of getting couped by Nazi hardliners in his military. That (hopefully) would be a lot more jarring.