β² 85 βΌ Zelenskyy says US "knows what to do next" after Venezuela operation (www.pravda.com.ua) submitted 10 months ago by HowRu68@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the United States has provided a textbook example of how to deal with dictators in Venezuela and "knows what to do next".
[+] green_red_black@slrpnk.net 58 points 10 months ago (10 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [β] Skua@kbin.earth 49 points 10 months ago (1 child) Zelenskyy refrained from directly mentioning Russia or its illegitimate leader Vladimir Putin, but the context of his remark made it clear that he was referring to him. I know we usually see Zelenskyy being pretty grim due to the circumstances he's under, but you've got to remember he was a comedian before this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 months ago Reminds me I should watch Servant of the People again permalink fedilink source parent [β] harmbugler@piefed.social 18 points 10 months ago I think heβs suggesting more who to do next permalink fedilink source parent [β] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 15 points 10 months ago (1 child) Yep. Kill a hundred thousand people, take a big shit in the middle of the country, run away, and then spend the next twenty years fighting the "terrorists" that have a problem with it. Only costs about ten thousand of America's biggest losers and the rich get richer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub 4 points 10 months ago* That's a different operation, though. At least for now USA's behaviour is more akin to what they did in Iran than Iraq or Afghanistan. The difference to the mayhem they caused in Iran is that here USA wouldn't need to worry about implanting a successor. HUR will be handle that a thousand times better. permalink fedilink source parent [β] HowRu68@lemmy.world [S] 11 points 10 months ago (1 child) Oh my sweet summer child Whom are you adressing, Zelensky? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] lurch@sh.itjust.works 21 points 10 months ago lol, yeah, Zelensky is a wise man, aged by horrific experiences. Like the exact opposite of a sweet summer child. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 7 points 10 months ago (1 child) This is the very moment where the clear parts of the plan end and the chaos begins permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub 2 points 10 months ago True, but the chaos is coming anyway. The earlier it begins, the less destructive it will be. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub 6 points 10 months ago In Putin's case they don't need to. There are competent people around who will be able to handle that. Moscow isn't that far from the border of civilization. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Skua@kbin.earth 49 points 10 months ago (1 child) Zelenskyy refrained from directly mentioning Russia or its illegitimate leader Vladimir Putin, but the context of his remark made it clear that he was referring to him. I know we usually see Zelenskyy being pretty grim due to the circumstances he's under, but you've got to remember he was a comedian before this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 months ago Reminds me I should watch Servant of the People again permalink fedilink source parent
[β] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 months ago Reminds me I should watch Servant of the People again permalink fedilink source parent
[β] harmbugler@piefed.social 18 points 10 months ago I think heβs suggesting more who to do next permalink fedilink source parent
[β] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 15 points 10 months ago (1 child) Yep. Kill a hundred thousand people, take a big shit in the middle of the country, run away, and then spend the next twenty years fighting the "terrorists" that have a problem with it. Only costs about ten thousand of America's biggest losers and the rich get richer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub 4 points 10 months ago* That's a different operation, though. At least for now USA's behaviour is more akin to what they did in Iran than Iraq or Afghanistan. The difference to the mayhem they caused in Iran is that here USA wouldn't need to worry about implanting a successor. HUR will be handle that a thousand times better. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub 4 points 10 months ago* That's a different operation, though. At least for now USA's behaviour is more akin to what they did in Iran than Iraq or Afghanistan. The difference to the mayhem they caused in Iran is that here USA wouldn't need to worry about implanting a successor. HUR will be handle that a thousand times better. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] HowRu68@lemmy.world [S] 11 points 10 months ago (1 child) Oh my sweet summer child Whom are you adressing, Zelensky? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] lurch@sh.itjust.works 21 points 10 months ago lol, yeah, Zelensky is a wise man, aged by horrific experiences. Like the exact opposite of a sweet summer child. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] lurch@sh.itjust.works 21 points 10 months ago lol, yeah, Zelensky is a wise man, aged by horrific experiences. Like the exact opposite of a sweet summer child. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 7 points 10 months ago (1 child) This is the very moment where the clear parts of the plan end and the chaos begins permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub 2 points 10 months ago True, but the chaos is coming anyway. The earlier it begins, the less destructive it will be. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub 2 points 10 months ago True, but the chaos is coming anyway. The earlier it begins, the less destructive it will be. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub 6 points 10 months ago In Putin's case they don't need to. There are competent people around who will be able to handle that. Moscow isn't that far from the border of civilization. permalink fedilink source parent