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February 26, 2022

War Is Hell.



In February 2020, just 2 years ago, 52 of 53 Republican senators voted to allow (then) President Trump to block congressionally authorized sale of critical military supplies to the courageous President Zelensky of Ukraine, unless Ukraine manufactured anti-Democratic propaganda.

Whatever those 52 senators say now about how tough they're on Putin (criticizing Biden for not being tough enough) is insulting & useless BS until they acknowledge & apologize for their vote to allow Trump to blackmail Zelensky for their support of authoritarianism over democracy

https://twitter.com/DavMicRot/status/1497583316828139523?s=20&t=Dc4X1uYlewkPE1kbp2qt3Q
February 26, 2022

If Putin wanted to "de-Nazify" something he should have invaded CPAC.

“Its goal is to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide… for the last eight years. And for this we will strive for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine,” Putin said during an address on state television.

https://twitter.com/Marmel/status/1497518016833019904?s=20&t=6Azxgk3sASDDqqbys8qZ9Q
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-attacking-ukraine-putin-calls-for-denazification-of-country-with-jewish-leader/
February 26, 2022

Poland refuses to play Russia in World Cup qualification playoff match after invasion of Ukraine

CNN —
The Polish national team will not face Russia in a crucial 2022 World Cup qualification playoff match in March because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The president of Poland’s football association Cezary Kulesza announced the news on Saturday.

“No more words, time to act! Due to the escalation of the aggression of the Russian Federation towards Ukraine the Polish national team does not intend to play the play-off match against Russia,” he tweeted.

“We are in talks with (Swedish) and (Czech) federations to bring forward a joint statement to FIFA.”

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/26/football/poland-football-russia-ukraine-world-cup-spt-intl/index.html

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