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AZSkiffyGeek

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1. Tankies gonna tank

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Tue Dec 6, 2022, 12:45 PM

Dec 2022

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Jeffrey Sachs: A Negotiated End to Fighting in Ukraine Is the Only Real Way to End the Bloodshed [View all] cbabe Dec 2022 OP

Tankies gonna tank AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2022 #1

What's 'tankie'? cbabe Dec 2022 #2

Someone who is "in the tank" of a vehicle for an agenda. haele Dec 2022 #4

So, Sachs is shouting out Russian propaganda and DN fell for it? cbabe Dec 2022 #6

Democracy Now hasn't exactly been too discerning so far AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2022 #8

What term would you suggest? Or is this DN bias I hadn't recognized in the past? cbabe Dec 2022 #10

Democracy Now is pro-Putin. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #30

Wouldn't be the first time an "anti-Western imperialist" critic chooses.... haele Dec 2022 #13

So Sachs is anti western imperialist who wants us to 'all just get along'? cbabe Dec 2022 #15

May be. US Media is a strange animal. haele Dec 2022 #23

FWIW, Sachs is a Global Economist, like Friedman. haele Dec 2022 #24

It dates back to supporting Soviet tanks in Hungary. Now it refers to uncritical support of the USSR WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #19

It's from the Soviet Union sending tanks into Czechoslovakia, I believe. yardwork Dec 2022 #37

tankie refers to the Soviet tanks used to defeat the 1956 Hungarian Revolution & the 1968 Prague Celerity Dec 2022 #38

The negotiated settlement is: "Russia, get out of our country, or we'll keep kicking your asses!" Aristus Dec 2022 #3

My name is Inigo Montoya. Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #5

Who? cbabe Dec 2022 #7

Well Played! (nt) ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #33

Laugh out loud! yardwork Dec 2022 #39

Big Sanders Backer In 2016 Me. Dec 2022 #9

Yes. The judgement of a man who supported taking the Hortensis Dec 2022 #42

... Me. Dec 2022 #45

Jeffrey Sachs is part of the reason Russia is the way it is now so uh WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #11

Please explain in more depth. Is Sachs another Russian stooge or what? How does he enable Russia? Ed cbabe Dec 2022 #14

He's an economist whose neoliberal "shock therapy" economic policy put post-USSR Russia into its WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #16

Ah! Thanks! Why is he even on DN?! cbabe Dec 2022 #17

Because he chimes in on things like the Green New Deal while also flirting with bizarre WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #20

Well, I'm fast losing all respect for DN. Sad. cbabe Dec 2022 #21

Because Sachs fits the DN narrative. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #31

but all wars DO end with negotiation GenXer47 Dec 2022 #12

How did the Allies negotiate with Berlin or Tokyo? Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #25

Right. Unconditional surrender was required. Hortensis Dec 2022 #43

While a negotiated end may be the only real way to end it, Russia's positions preclude it karynnj Dec 2022 #18

Russia is now a designated terror 'organization'. And the cbabe Dec 2022 #22

Even Russia interpreted Biden's condition to mean they leave Ukraine karynnj Dec 2022 #29

How do you negotiate with a known liar and cheat? Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #26

To Be Determined: A party Russia will negotiate with gratuitous Dec 2022 #27

Sachs suggested Turkey as the mediator. cbabe Dec 2022 #28

Right. yardwork Dec 2022 #40

Considering how well Turkey has treated its minorities, especially, but not just, the Kurds DFW Dec 2022 #46

Yes. Solidifys my dislike/distrust of Sachs. cbabe Dec 2022 #48

If you listen to Russia's state-backed propagandists and Putin, Emrys Dec 2022 #32

Fuck that shit. n/t Coventina Dec 2022 #34

His shock therapy is what led major Russian industries into the hands of the oligarchs. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2022 #35

Fine. There can be talks when Ukraine is ready for it. We'll support them the whole way. Amishman Dec 2022 #36

He's arguably the one most responsible for this whole mess. Crunchy Frog Dec 2022 #41

Appeasement of a power bent on hegemony? Hortensis Dec 2022 #44

THOSE are his "four major issues?" DFW Dec 2022 #47