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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Ukraine's attack on Russia was NOT "Russia's Pearl Harbor." [View all]
Last edited Mon Jun 2, 2025, 11:07 PM - Edit history (1)
This really bothers me. I thought it was an effort by the NY Post and right -wing media to cast Russia and Putin as victims, but it is now is being repeated by the mainstream media. The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was a sneak attack that occurred before Japan declared war on the United States. By contrast, Russia invaded the Ukraine and the Ukraine has been fighting a defensive was for three years.
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So right. Very excellent point. Hopefully more progressive media will pick up on that.
Amaryllis
Jun 2025
#1
Russian Telegram bloggers were the first to use that framing, so yes, it's not helpful
Emrys
Jun 2025
#6
It was much more a Midway type event. The embattled and out numbered U.S. fleet
flashman13
Jun 2025
#12
I knew you'd be mad about it and try to diminish what was a wildly successful operation.
BannonsLiver
Jun 2025
#34