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lapucelle

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43. Your headline announced "Putin declaress war".

Wed Feb 23, 2022, 11:05 PM

Feb 2022

Putin didn't do that.

Accuracy matters about something this important, and it's (at best) ill-advised to use that specific term figuratively in a three word headline.

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Putin declares war. [View all] Nevilledog Feb 2022 OP

Damn him! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #1

Putin is the thug H2O Man Feb 2022 #64

Absolutely! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #73

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2022 #2

Putin sounds like a complete idiot uponit7771 Feb 2022 #3

More Nevilledog Feb 2022 #4

Putin excuse is to protect Donbas... KewlKat Feb 2022 #5

This will not end well for Putin BootinUp Feb 2022 #6

How will it not end will for him Bettie Feb 2022 #11

Ridiculous. Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #16

Like the last round of sanctions did? Bettie Feb 2022 #29

Nothing we did during the last round compares to this... Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #30

His COUNTRY is not richer than before stopdiggin Feb 2022 #42

He doesn't care if the country suffers Bettie Feb 2022 #44

Oh bullshit. hamsterjill Feb 2022 #31

lol Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #32

It doesn't take a genius to see that a crazy ass dictator hamsterjill Feb 2022 #35

Well then I guess Biden should resign and appoint you president. Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #40

Be sure to check profiles. I always do when folks get snarky. LakeArenal Feb 2022 #49

Good advice. hamsterjill Feb 2022 #52

He should ask Saddam Hussein or or Qadaffi how that gldstwmn Feb 2022 #70

and that has ALWAYS been the case stopdiggin Feb 2022 #54

Maybe because people are dying? hamsterjill Feb 2022 #55

what I don't quite get stopdiggin Feb 2022 #69

Well tell me how the sanctions are going to work. hamsterjill Feb 2022 #71

I did not SAY the sanctions were going to WORK stopdiggin Feb 2022 #76

Putins laughing at us manicdem Feb 2022 #45

lol I'm pretty sure this is exactly what Trump said tonight. Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #46

Did you join DU to snark on people? LakeArenal Feb 2022 #51

I'll snark on people who align themselves with Trump on this conflict. Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #56

It's seems usual that someone no one ever heard of to come on with 22 posts LakeArenal Feb 2022 #59

Is it normal for people to align with Trump here? Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #61

As I said, we know each other. We have discussed issues together. LakeArenal Feb 2022 #62

That's cool. It doesn't change what they said. Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #63

It's an opinion. You don't agree. That is your opinion. LakeArenal Feb 2022 #65

And nothing I said discounts that. Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #66

We do. Or we would not have been here for years. LakeArenal Feb 2022 #67

the number of posts attributed has zip to do stopdiggin Feb 2022 #77

Number of posts do have meaning. This about being snarky at people one disagrees with. LakeArenal Feb 2022 #80

this board (like many others) is littered stopdiggin Feb 2022 #82

Snark reply. It's not unusual for this trend. We have seen it quite recently. And yes LakeArenal Feb 2022 #83

Damn your right manicdem Feb 2022 #74

It's not going to end at sanctions. Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #75

Kind Of Like Here In America SoCalDavidS Feb 2022 #17

That's what I think too Bettie Feb 2022 #28

Aren't we all! hamsterjill Feb 2022 #33

I just feel sick Bettie Feb 2022 #34

Me too. hamsterjill Feb 2022 #37

All our lives things around us have created reactions; not equal and opposite, Hortensis Feb 2022 #78

Sad, the sermon last Sunday was about loving your enemy. gab13by13 Feb 2022 #7

Russian forces will carry out 'special military operation' in Ukraine, says Putin Vladimir Putin has yaesu Feb 2022 #8

No news source is reporting a declaration of war. N/T lapucelle Feb 2022 #9

I stand by it. Nevilledog Feb 2022 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author USALiberal Feb 2022 #39

Does anyone actually declare war anymore? johnp3907 Feb 2022 #13

No. Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #21

Right. johnp3907 Feb 2022 #23

Not anymore anyway. Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #24

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Your headline announced "Putin declaress war". lapucelle Feb 2022 #43

I'm glad to know the US has not fought a war since World War II. Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #47

Wait...what? What are you talking about? lapucelle Feb 2022 #48

As a nation, we have not declared war since World War II. Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #53

Why are you claiming that the US hasn't fought a war since WW II? lapucelle Feb 2022 #79

Because it's not inaccurate. Dirty Heads Feb 2022 #81

You can call it whatever you want to. I'm not the only person calling it war. Nevilledog Feb 2022 #50

Everyone knows what's happening. Everyone also knows there was no declaration of war. lapucelle Feb 2022 #58

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That statement was made after your OP was posted. N/T lapucelle Feb 2022 #60

That was just the cherry on top. Nevilledog Feb 2022 #68

The headline "Putin declares war" was very, very dramatic and very, very inaccurate. lapucelle Feb 2022 #72

Explosions in Kyiv on CNN live now NightWatcher Feb 2022 #12

McFaul just said it, on MSNBC. elleng Feb 2022 #15

As the Church Lady used to say, Mme. Defarge Feb 2022 #19

Yep. Fuck the Putin apologists dalton99a Feb 2022 #25

Putin needs killin'... VarryOn Feb 2022 #26

this is a dark day. The sorrow to come will be immeasurable. Takket Feb 2022 #27

Prayers to the people in Ukraine dwayneb Feb 2022 #36

Hmmm...where else have we heard language phrased such as this? Totally Tunsie Feb 2022 #38

Fucking everlasting victimhood canetoad Feb 2022 #41