Good morning everyone, you'll never guess what I woke up to! First lets set the stage. Remember how on Feb 24th the Russian's didn't bother to check a calendar, road map or with the Ukrainians if invading and committing genocide on them during winter was a good idea of not?
That level of hubris is the foundation on which will be built Ukrainian victory. Well, I woke up to some of that, "I am Russian I don't need to do any research hubris". I got accused on being a paid military bot/troll because I "only" post about Ukraine.
That little fish I gutted yesterday was back on the hook thinking he "found" a way to discredit me. Like a typical Russian he didn't bother to actually research his assumption and instead just blundered into an ambush to become the example two days in a row. Talk about bad
researching skills. So @GSadrang buckle up and hang on. First off, yes, I do post about Ukraine a lot. This war is what got me using an old and forgotten account I had created when Twitter was young. It was never really my thing so it kinda of just "existed". I started the
war with about 25 followers. It was the war that brought me back because since the time I created the account and the start of the war I had completely divorced myself from "opinion" news and come to distrust US media. I wanted info on Ukraine, Google searches kept showing
different tweets that were trending so I dusted off the old account. I found @MriyaReport at the time operating as the space of @walter_report in short order, listened for a couple of days and then came up to speak the first time. Therein lies the first example of your hubris.
had you checked a little more in-depth you would have seen just how often other fans of that space mention me. I don't know why anyone would want to listen to my admittedly nasally voice, but I like to talk and try to ask intelligent questions and opine where I think I have
something to add. Oh BTW, that space has always been dedicated to 3 things. A: helping fund raise for @MriyaAid so that Ukraine is better able to get what she needs to defend her children and keep them alive until they push the Orcs out of Ukraine. B: providing expert commentary
@katalina_ada and others I now follow and support. This is where your second bit of hubris lies. Tens of thousands of people have been subjected to my nasally voice. One of if I was going to be paid, the ___ should have picked someone with a voice for radio like @YAmzallagh
who has a way better CV than I do. Yeah I am a vet, but I am also a recovering addict (17 years this past may). I wasn't a general, officer or even an NCO just a lowly enlisted DAT. Which brings up the final piece of your hubris. Why do I post so much? Because I care, because
Russia's invasion brought me back to twitter and showed me that for years I had been ignoring a tool I could have used for advocacy of things I care about. Had Russia simply decided to not be evil, we would never have met. Russia brought me here and my voice and reach has grown
organically because I am not the only one who cares. Ukraine has the support of the free world because what Russia is doing is straight up genocide in pursuit of imperial colonialism. The sheer horror of it is why #WeAreNAFO and the #Fellas even got started @Dr_F_Hunter donated
my fella to me in recognition that I was already a dedicated supporter of Ukraine who had given to Ukrainian charities and was dedicated to providing an essay a day where I would tag @JohnBoozman@SenTomCotton and @RepFrenchHill so they knew Ukraine had supporters in #Arkansas
So yeah, once Ukraine is free I will still be here but posting about other things I care about like #battletech#grandkids and wheeling in the #Ozarks but that day is not here yet. Until your masters in Kleptograd give up I have to keep doing what I can to #feedthewolves
superior, but also because the nobodies like me from every walk of life, community and political persuasion have set aside the differences that often divided us in order to #StandWithUkraine Slava Ukraini!
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So has anyone noticed the whataboutisms coming from the pro-genocide side of this war? This is a deliberate tactic that plays on your empathy. Kudos to @TomMostlyZen for twigging me onto the why for behind it. Forewarned is forearmed and that is todays essay. So, take notes
this will be on the test. Often you will see some pro-Z troll say what about what the US did in Central America, or what about Iraq etc. These are not honest questions but are intended to either make you feel guilty or change the subject and are not intended to be apple to apples
comparisons of mutual sins. Here is what is important. Yes, what the US did in X place was wrong, so was just about every move made by a former colonial power in Europe. We all know about Germany's past etc. Thing is none of those matters, it literally has no relevance.
No, Ukraine did not murder her national heroes the defenders of Azovstal. Here is why: 1. Shot fall seems to have come from the East. 2. We are supposed to believe that the DNR moved POW closer to the front and into harms way (war crime).
3. Where are the bodies to be forensically examined by world class investigative labs like FBI or Scotland Yard. 4. Where are the survivors able to recollect and rebuild an inmate roster of who was there and alive vs who had not been seen for some time and magically shows up
Dead. 5. Are the dead really Russians and this is a giant con to try and stop further HIMARs attacks? 6. If they are Ukranian and it was a SVU strike, was Russia generating false intelligence to bait in a strike hoping to deter future HIMARs strikes? 7. Where are the other 2500
Good morning, everyone. Normally by now you know I write a daily thread tagging @JohnBoozman@SenTomCotton and @RepFrenchHill so that they know I want their continued support of Ukraine. That in these threads I try and promote Ukrainian voices like @MrKovalenko and @Teoyaomiquu
and tell people to tune into @MriyaReport for reliable information and to give to groups like @MriyaAid or the @georgian_legion to help provide direct support to Ukraine in her hour of need. Oops, seems I just did that all again lol. Todays thread though is for @aprilsparkles1
and the #Fellas out there. Sparkles asked me to write up something on rhetorically countering the Russian trolls and apologists. So, to start let me say that I don't generally engage with big name Western leftists, they are already bought and paid for and they won't pay attention
Ok lets talk bridges and carrying capacity from a, "I am not an engineer or logistician" perspective. First, we've all been across multiel types of bridges from one lane rural roads designed mostly for infrequent traffic but built to take heavy agricultural loads, on up to big
highway bridges that can have dozens, hundreds or thousands of vehicles on them at any given time. The main bridge into Kherson was one of these latter bridges. It offered effectively unlimited carrying capacity moving in both directions at high speed. When bridges like this
get cut, you have to use a virtual time machine to get to the other side because what replaces it until repairs/rebuilding is complete is something out of the last millennium. Either A: vehicle launched bridges army-guide.com/eng/product375…
So, westerners willing to shill for Russia abound. Recently I discovered @naomiallen_usa who is advancing a narrative that it is Ukraine who is the real NAZI. Her thesis is centered on 4 points 1. The far right is state sponsored in Ukraine. 2. Aleksandr Dugin has been exiled
the centers of power in Kleptograd, 3. Wagner isn't real and that 4. Ukraine is the real aggressor. She is of course welcome to respond, but let's take her work apart seam by seam shall we?
1. she claims the far right is state sponsored in the Ukraine. This claim likely rests on the Azov battalion being made part of the regular Ukrainian military. As @brycewilsonAU has documented, yes AZOV had some extremists. No one is denying that. However, it is a stretch to use
Last night, Congressman @RepFrenchHill held one of his tele-townhalls. He does this several times a year to connect with his constituents and has done so for years. I immediately jumped in the que intending to ask him to pledge to continue supporting Ukraine, but I need not have
bothered. Ukraine and his efforts to support her came up within the first few minutes of his own "report" on what he has been doing. Although I have never before gotten picked to speak to the Congressman during one of these events, (calls are screened) I was question #2 further
proof that he considers Ukraine to be an important issue he wants to talk about. Since his support was already self-evidently rock solid, I switched my question to ask him if he would support declaring #russiaisateroriststate and thanked him on behalf of my friends in Ukraine.