Please dont turn this into militaryporn.

It’s a full on dictatorship

Don’t expect them to have critical thinking skills

Absolutely.

It’s just what they want you to believe. They don’t want you to be successful.

has somehow convinced rural uneducated retards

What a terrible way to refer to other people. I’m sure using language like this surely convinces them otherwise.

Tankies

Far right detected. Instantly downvoted and disregarded.

Why does the allegiance to country matter here? Am I missing something? Would we ask to get news about some silly domestic trend from a non pro-Washington source?

One finds a similar dynamic in the West’s support for Ukraine. We turn a blind eye to the fact that a domestic clique of oligarchs will likely emerge as the biggest winner of the Ukrainian struggle. Yet we should not be surprised if post-war Ukraine turns out similar to pre-war Ukraine, a place corrupted by oligarchy and colonized by big Western corporations that control the best land and natural resources. While we make our own sacrifices for the war effort, we fail to see that the gains will be appropriated by others, just like the drunkard who mistakes another man’s feet for his own – perhaps because, deep down, he does not want to acknowledge the truth.

Interesting article overall but disagree with the conclusion that we need to oppose the “left-right populism”.