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To: greenspirit who wrote (761055)	4/11/2022 10:05:23 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	1 Recommendation Recommended By Maple MAGA Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793744

In regard to the torture, if true, of course it's a horrible display of human nature. I believe the President put out the word immediately following it that troops were to be treated IAW the Geneva convention. .....I got the impression (can't verify) that he was reluctantly admitting the atrocity and regretted it..... but given the reality of the times and walking a very fine line, brought that crowd into his military in the name of survival....... with the added hope that he could then exercise some level of control over them............to me that came across as a truthful pragmatic response....plus who knows what got lost in translation?......never heard anything like that out of Putin by the way.............after all, we fought with and called Stalin "Uncle Joe" in WW2 and he killed many MILLIONS of his own people....far more than he killed Nazis.....of course, the oh so perceptive Skinowski saw or sensed none of this.........pity

To: greenspirit who wrote (761055)	4/11/2022 10:40:15 PM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Recommended By Ben Smith Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793744

Ukraine already won the propaganda wars - at least, enough to convince those who needed little convincing. As far as PrezZ being a former actor, like Reagan…. I think it’s laughable to compare them. Reagan was an independent thinker, a great man. The problem with Z is that he’s still an actor, reading lines written by others. Extremists around him want him to do X; Biden and NATO insist on Y… so, Z is confused and torn. His life was a lot nicer when he was simply a successful actor and businessman. Ps - as far as Russia's “overwhelming force” - the original invasion was about 150K troops, now up to 200 K Ukraine - 500K, plus at guard, border troops - probably close to Ritter’s estimate of 600K. Seems like the Ukrainian force was a lot larger. And… do defend it “normally” takes far fewer troops that to attack.