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| Vlad's Conscription Not Popular, RU Panic Spirals With Arson Attacks, Street Fights, and Manhunts |
| 2022-09-23 |
| [Daily Beest] The Kremlin wants you to know there’s absolutely no panic in Russia a day after Vladimir Putin called up hundreds of thousands to go fight in Ukraine—just ignore the burning military recruitment offices, protests shutting down highways, and college students being snatched from their classes to go kill or be killed. It’s also absolutely normal for protesters to be pulled from jail and sent to the front, and reports of men flocking to airports to get the hell out of the country are "fake," according to Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Who ya gonna believe? A professional liar or your lying eyes? "Information about some kind of fuss at airports is greatly exaggerated. There is a lot of fake information appearing about this," Peskov was quoted saying by the Interfax news agency. He went on to defend the distribution of draft notices to protesters who took to the streets to condemn the new war effort, deferred other questions about the supposedly "partial" mobilization to the defense ministry, and said a new bombshell report about Putin’s decree allowing for up to 1 million citizens to be drafted is a "lie." The report, by Novaya Gazeta Europe, cited a source in the presidential administration who said the one redacted clause in Putin’s mobilization order contained a provision for up to 1 million people to be called up for service. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Obviously, we need people who are willing to defend our country. But I'm afraid some of our past presidents have confused defending our country with butting into places where we don't belong. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-09-23 18:14 |
| #3 But many right minds do want to soldier. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-09-23 15:39 |
| #2 Yeah, well, I remember when Lyndon Johnson was drafting guys to fight in Vietnam before they were old enough to vote. He said we were fighting for democracy but he wouldn't let us vote. They always say we're fighting for democracy but somehow I'm not convinced. You have your John McCain types but nobody in their right mind wants to go to war. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-09-23 12:33 |
| #1 "Mishkin, you бездельник! Go stand in that line!" "Нет! Comrade mycop! Can't I just pay a fine?" "Come here, you illiterate! Of you we'll make a fighting man!" "Хуй тебе! You said the same thing to dedushka! He died in Afghani-stan!" |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-09-23 10:48 |