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Did you miss the part where the Russia tried to take Kiev and remove the government and ended up having to retreat?
That 'part' only exists in the mind of people with a very limited understanding of
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If you're going to act like you believe what Putin is trying to get everyone to believe, you gotta be more careful.
'Putin' has nothing to do with it. It's just an observation of the force structure and tactics applied. Would apply to any conflict without regard to who is 'right' or whatever. You are going to remain in a state of ignorance until you learn to separate hard cold analysis from whatever fantasy-land you want to live in. If ever. Most people remain ignorant and incompetent for life...which is actually pretty handy for people like me at times.
No, it has to do with who reports it, and who believes it. If mostly westerners believe it, and it's reported by mostly media companies that don't have to worry about going to prison for reporting the news, that's really all the information you need to decide to act like it's not true.
No different than your Global Cooling argument.