narrative of Freikorps was that the German army never was defeated in battle, but by gernan socialdemocrats, jews and blood traitors: the so called Dolchstoßlegende. Cosmopolites and the likes were obvioudly ideological enemies as well, but as far as I can tell, they weren‘t considere the readon for Germany losing the war ever.
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narrative of Freikorps was that the German army never was defeated in battle, but by gernan socialdemocrats, jews and blood traitors: the so called Dolchstoßlegende. Cosmopolites and the likes were obvioudly ideological enemies as well, but as far as I can tell, they weren‘t considere the readon for Germany losing the war ever.
No, he sounds desperate. Like trying to round up old men and kids in 1945 for the Volkssturm. The game is up, it’s just a question of when.
All the WW1/WW2 talk should be in the Whataboutery thread.
Indeed they did.
You think Putin is trying to create a situation for his own Freikorps to arise should things go really sideways?
It isn't whataboutism. It's looking to history to see what Putin might be trying to do.
It's drawing comparisons to other conflicts. It's just as much whataboutery as when people draw comparisons to Israel/Palestine or Yemen in order to predict world responses in Ukraine.
Putin expressly mentioned a fifth column in an address to the nation earlier. People are giving the comment some background.
Thought they had millions in reserve. Or something.
At least the narwhals have their own weapon, will save Russia a penny or two.
By making him out to be Hitler. That's whataboutery 101.
Not millions but many millions.
1) Using history to interpret present / future events is not what whataboutism means, and that's not what has been moved out of this thread.
2) It's perfectly fine to draw on a historical example to try and gain an understanding of what might happen next.
No, you're interpreting the comparison incorrectly.
Lots of whataboutery police in here ironically taking things off topic more than actual whataboutery
It should be. It's still whataboutery.
If you swap the word 'history' with 'parallel events' you get Israel/Palestine and Yemen. And those two examples are far more relevant than WW2 because they involve contemporary nations.
Agreed. They should be posting in the other thread.
None of these involve a megalomaniac dictator so I am not sure why you are choosing this hill to die on.
I don't want the discussion banned. It should just be taken to the appropriate thread.
yeah it’s getting quite annoying considering the current discussion really isn’t whataboutism at all..
That second tweet; if it wasn't for the gender bit I would have assumed he was insulting oligarchs like himself.
If Russia are not careful, they will lose their army in Ukraine.
Yeah I don't expect the clerks and typists to be taking up arms soon, but don't be surprised if it happens at some point. It's still massive portion of their combat units.
Not only that, but sometimes they watch somebody for weeks. Learn their habits, who their friends and family are, what they like to do with their time, how they take their coffee etc. Then they have to shoot them.
If people were there, it is a fooking war crime. Hope liliputin dies in the most prolonged and painful agonies. Around 40 people that I knew in person were there. Lots of women with kids
Think you are talking about some assassins, not combat snipers.
It is quite literally not. Look up the definition.
What is derailing the thread is you thinking it is and telling us about it.
Yes, but I think the valid analogy would be the US Army + Marine Corps committing 75% of their active duty forces to an operation, and then taking significant losses. Despite there being another 8 National Guard divisions in reserve, you'd still have to say that US effective forces would be getting suffering significant attrition. Not all manpower is the same, especially in modern war.
Yup. Military grade stalkers.
So what kind of posts about Syria, Yemen, WW1, Israel/Palestine, WW2, etc are acceptable in this thread?
The bit explaining what the reference to the Freikorps meant.
@AFP: #BREAKING Biden's comments on Putin "unacceptable and unforgivable," Kremlin says
@therecount: President Biden: “I think [Putin] is a war criminal.”
I have no idea how accurate that translation is ...
But if it's fairly accurate then it sounds like there is going to be a hell of crackdown on anybody perceived as anti putin
But the reference to 'Freikorps' was introduced out of nowhere. If I say that Kharkiv reminds me of Aleppo, does that open the door to discussions of the Syrian War?
Watch them break off peace talks and say they won't restart till biden apologises
Anything that isn’t doing this…
If you still don’t understand, please PM me and stop derailing the thread.