The Ravings Of A Madman

[ichkeria]

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/liveblog/2023/2/21/russia-ukraine-live-news-putin-to-deliver-major-speech-on-war

Not sure whether to laugh or cry.

Speaking up for the dear citizens of eg Kherson, who “chose their own future” in “referenda”.
These will be the ones he was dropping phosphorus on last night …

[nicebloke1]

His audience look like a load of drugged up zobies.

[Old_Geezer]

Leaders have to make speeches to their people and the world in general. For some it is to clarify reality (even if spun a bit) for others it is to push propaganda to justify their unacceptable decisions.

[youngmafbog]

Well put OG.

[nicebloke1]

I'd prefer reading pp posts.:0>

[youngmafbog]

Sadly though we need to look to understand in order to fight.

[nicebloke1]

I understand that this speech is the ramblings of a geriatric war monger, with an anesthetized audience.

[ichkeria]

This is very much a speech for internal consumption. As you’d expect.
Very little is based on reality.

[ToraToraTora]

why is it even on mainstream media?

[ichkeria]

I think they should have moved off it after he stopped the war nonsense and moved on to the “core business”

[nicebloke1]

Thers not to many good comedians about ttt.

[ichkeria]

He is Hitler without the oratorical skills.
For the latter at least we should be grateful

[ichkeria]

Nice useful idiot from Cardiff on the BBC just now: professor X.
He is suggesting that Russia will use its aircraft to “spearhead” any “advance”.
Here’s hoping, because they’d be monumentally stupid to do that

[douglas9401]

Oh dear.

[ToraToraTora]

apparently we started the war! Right oh! MAABOF!

[nicebloke1]

Put 10 billion on is head. dead or alive.