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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
You know that propaganda works both ways. I truly don't understand your views though, you seem to be almost cheering for a Russian victory in this conflict or at least admiring Vladimir Putin, and somehow posting a tweet that describes him as David rather than Goliath.
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The right is now no longer conservative, but militantly contrarian about everything. They're not "pro-Putin", so much as anti-establishment. If we sided with Putin they'd be pro-Zelensky. They believe everyday is opposite day because they are sick of not being the smartest person in the room so they stake out contrary opinions to hope for some feelings of superiority. The hilariously ironic part is that someone would earnestly post David Sacks saying this. He's been hilariously wrong so many times it beggars belief but is quite good at getting these fish to believe him.
Anyways, on to topical considerations, Michael Koffman had a good tweet about the failed mutiny and there's been a few other too (Dmitri Alperovich and others) that have had some commentary that seems to have maybe clarified things a bit. Seems Prigozhin was going to lose his company due to Shoigu's order that all mercenary groups were to disband and soldiers sign contracts with the MoD, and this was a last ditch attempt to force the issue. He's notoriously hot headed and not particularly bright. Seems like he was hoping portions of the MoD would join with him and as he realized that was not happening he got cold feet and took the offer to stand down before getting obliterated.