Doctor Chaxtical posted:

How is that him justifying it?

etalian posted:

It wasn't that bad of superpower bully episode compared to Crimea.

I guess part of being president is being forced to praise the fuckups of the previous administration as sound foreign policy.

ayn rand hand job posted:

Someone asked when it became trendy.

1stGear posted:

The US still uses strings when trying to make our puppets. Putin's just slamming his fist straight-up the rear end and that's rude.

twoday posted:

So Youtube just recommended this video to me. It's in Russian:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Qrji1uJZI

It's called "Ukraine - see what kind of Europe awaits you!" and is blatant propaganda, and as such is pretty entertaining. It follows the classic format for propaganda of two debating voices. The woman in this one is pro-european, saying things like, "But everyone is always smiling! And they have such modern infrastructure!" while the man has an anti-EU, anti-capitalist answer, saying things like, "Those supposed sound barriers on the highway are actually there to hide from sight the wretched hovels where the average european lives, prostituting themselves and burning wood for heat because their salaries have been ravaged by the EU!"

"Look at these barbed wire fences and guard towers!"
"But they are just surrounding a field of vegetables"
"A field of vegetables less than 50 km from the birthplace of Hitler!"
(actual quote)

I highly recommend this if you can understand Russian; it's like a modern day Reefer Madness.

ChaosSamusX posted:

Oh, right. Ok.

Also, how the hell was the Iraq War within the international system. Didn't the Bush administration basically tell everyone else to gently caress off?

twoday posted:

So Youtube just recommended this video to me. It's in Russian:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Qrji1uJZI

It's called "Ukraine - see what kind of Europe awaits you!" and is blatant propaganda, and as such is pretty entertaining. It follows the classic format for propaganda of two debating voices. The woman in this one is pro-european, saying things like, "But everyone is always smiling! And they have such modern infrastructure!" while the man has an anti-EU, anti-capitalist answer, saying things like, "Those supposed sound barriers on the highway are actually there to hide from sight the wretched hovels where the average european lives, prostituting themselves and burning wood for heat because their salaries have been ravaged by the EU!"

"Look at these barbed wire fences and guard towers!"
"But they are just surrounding a field of vegetables"
"A field of vegetables less than 50 km from the birthplace of Hitler!"
(actual quote)

I highly recommend this if you can understand Russian; it's like a modern day Reefer Madness.

Berke Negri posted:

That's the right sector guy recently found executed right?

Edit: can't watch video where I'm at, no clue

etalian posted:

The greatest piece of propaganda is still the one with small penis devil being on the EU side of the picture.

New Division posted:

It was totally outside of the international system. We ignored the UN and went in with that farcical coalition of the willing, knowing drat well that the UN would be forced to accept what happened after the fact. After all, who's gonna enact economic sanctions against the U.S.? No one.

OddObserver posted:

Since there are non-news, I guess I can post this (from the morning):
http://www.unian.net/world/900768-anneksiya-kryima-uvelichila-reyting-putina-na-tret-opros.html:
A poll taken on 23rd shows a +20% jump in Putin's reelect from 44% to 64% from the whole Crimea thing.

etalian posted:

It's pretty much a rule of thumb that people love "successful" military adventures.

Discendo Vox posted:

Wrong thread.

Ardennes posted:

Also to be frank, the Russian population in general sees Crimea as "Russian" at least on an emotional level. The biggest gain for Putin seems to have been domestic support, which I assumed was his reasoning from the beginning.

etalian posted:

The greatest piece of propaganda is still the one with small penis devil being on the EU side of the picture.

OddObserver posted:

Since there are non-news, I guess I can post this (from the morning):
http://www.unian.net/world/900768-anneksiya-kryima-uvelichila-reyting-putina-na-tret-opros.html:
A poll taken on 23rd shows a +20% jump in Putin's reelect from 44% to 64% from the whole Crimea thing.

twoday posted:

SedanChair posted:

Who is that with the wings anyway, the boy Putin kissed?

SedanChair posted:

Who is that with the wings anyway, the boy Putin kissed?

twoday posted:

So Youtube just recommended this video to me. It's in Russian:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mug1Mx7sKHQ

It's called "Ukraine - see what kind of Europe awaits you!" and is blatant propaganda, and as such is pretty entertaining. It follows the classic format for propaganda of two debating voices. The woman in this one is pro-european, saying things like, "But everyone is always smiling! And they have such modern infrastructure!" while the man has an anti-EU, anti-capitalist answer, saying things like, "Those supposed sound barriers on the highway are actually there to hide from sight the wretched hovels where the average european lives, prostituting themselves and burning wood for heat because their salaries have been ravaged by the EU!"

"Look at these barbed wire fences and guard towers!"
"But they are just surrounding a field of vegetables"
"A field of vegetables less than 50 km from the birthplace of Hitler!"
(actual quote)

I highly recommend this if you can understand Russian; it's like a modern day Reefer Madness.

Towards the end a rat-faced mulleted Italian peasant explains the plan for Ukraine - "It would be great if they joined because of all the resources in Ukraine! We can exploit all their highly educated men and attractive women in our factories and brothels!"

etalian posted:

Well you can't compare the two situations since the Russians haven't constructed a naked men pyramid yet.

Doctor Chaxtical posted:

Honestly I think not building a naked man pyramid is a war crime.

CSM posted:

Why do they combine footage of people biking with a Nazi marching song?

Is it like an American thing? "LOOK AT THOSE EUROPEAN FAGGOTS (ALSO NAZIS) WITH THEIR BIKES"

twoday posted:

No, it's more a poverty thing. "See what happens when you embrace the nazi human being lifestyle?? You won't be able to afford a car!! And if you can afford a car you will be sleeping in it because then you won't be able to afford an apartment. Also there will be black people nearby!"

I just noticed that there is a part where they are saying that the headlines of various European newspapers have shown how the continent is being ravaged by poverty, and a bunch of newspaper articles appear on screen. The English example they use is a headline like, "airplane struck by lightning near Bristol" but who cares, neither the people who made this or their intended audience can read English.

Doctor Chaxtical posted:

Honestly I think not building a naked man pyramid is a war crime.

twoday posted:

No, it's more a poverty thing. "See what happens when you embrace the nazi human being lifestyle?? You won't be able to afford a car!! And if you can afford a car you will be sleeping in it because then you won't be able to afford an apartment. Also there will be black people nearby!"

I just noticed that there is a part where they are saying that the headlines of various European newspapers have shown how the continent is being ravaged by poverty, and a bunch of newspaper articles appear on screen. The English example they use is a headline like, "airplane struck by lightning near Bristol" but who cares, neither the people who made this or their intended audience can read English.

SedanChair posted:

Is all this anti-gay bullshit really just insecurity about traditional, manly Russian dance?

I'm just asking questions.

etalian posted:

it's basically a hilarious recycling of old Soviet era propaganda themes which depicted the west as being a crime ravaged poverty filled hellhole

Sir John Falstaff posted:

Times of national crisis or military adventure tend to have a rally-around-the-flag effect. Thing is, it doesn't necessarily last:



Bush's approval ratings. H.W. also hit 90% in the early stages of the first Iraq war, but was out of office two years later.

Ephemeron posted:

Speaking of Soviet era, Putin signed a decree this Monday to restore the GTO system - under the old name, no less.

In combination with ITAR-TASS going back to its old name of TASS and other institutions scrambling to switch back to their Soviet names (for instance, ВВЦ becoming ВДНХ again), I would not be surprised if that Simpsons gif became reality within a year or two.

OhYeah posted:

On vaguely related news, Denmark has also decided to send additional F-16 fighters to guard the Baltic airspace as a sign of solidarity. It hasn't been officially confirmed yet, but as it was being mentioned already last week I guess it's happening.

I'm not sure if we should be flattered or worried.

hailthefish posted:

Couldn't possibly be that.