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Edit: already posted. Whoops. :(

I'm of an age where I'd never guess that the political right of the West would be cheerleaders for Russia, but here we are. What a brave new world.

USA believes that Russia is behind the attack.

Edit: Not constructive.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
We covered the difference between Infowars etc and NY Times at some length in another thread fairly recently.

Is it really worth revisiting it again so soon?

While it may seem like a Sisyphean task for those participating, I believe this discussion should always be had, at least for the short term.

The discussion is not to convince the other side, but to sway the anonymous reader, and on a global site like this that reader is always changing. (Even as some of us stay the same )

Guys, guys. It's "toeing" the line. As in, you stand where you're told in line with everyone else. Not that you pick up and haul a line around (tow the line). Carry on.

 Disciple of Fate wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:
I also really hope the daughter makes it. She is an innocent victim.

So is the dad...

"Shpies are never innoshent, Mish Monehpenneh" - 007, probably

 Da Boss wrote:
Iron Captain: I'm worried because you seemed like a really precociously smart kid a few years ago, and now you are wholesale buying into the Putin defender script. It's sad to me because I think Putin is bad for the world and bad for Russia. I'm glad you're doing alright though. I always liked your posts.

Just because IC is safely studying in the West doesn't mean his family is. It would be trivially easy for the Russian government to tie any unpatriotic online statements to him and send his whole bloodline off to the salt mines in Siberia*.

*Mostly joking. Mostly.