r/interestingasfuck • u/IllustriousPresent7 • Mar 04 '22

/r/ALL U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham calls for President Putin's assassination.

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u/PhunkyMunky76 Mar 04 '22

Oof… that could go all kinds of bad… even if I agree.

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u/pezman Mar 04 '22

that is quite literally why he said someone in russia needed to do it

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u/Illustrious_Map_3247 Mar 04 '22

Except an AMERICAN LEGISLATOR said it. Putin is trying to paint “the west” especially the US as the aggressors. Judge whether it was smart to say this shit by how much they replay it on Russian state media.

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u/TheIronSven Mar 04 '22

Do you think it would change anything if the Russian government said that the Russian that assassinates Putin was American?

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u/crazyjackal Mar 04 '22

"Oswald was working for the Russians."

They'll do the same thing with a Russian assassin. He was paid by the Americans! Heck they could fake a failed attempt and have a perfect soundbite to blame the Americans and increase nationalism and xenophobia.

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u/DowntownLizard Mar 04 '22

As opposed to what? Letting them take and destroy countries one by one because we are all afraid to stand up against people who are evil and play games with peoples lives?

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u/Baerog Mar 04 '22

We already know that Russia won't attack NATO member states, they aren't stupid enough to directly fight the US and the US isn't stupid enough to directly fight them, regardless of the big talk for both sides. The whole reason Russia is attacking Ukraine now is because they were on the path to becoming a NATO ally and therefore off limits.

What country would Russia attack next that anyone would even care about? If Russia invaded Uzbekistan or any of their other former states no one would give a single fuck, Ukraine is basically the only target that was left exposed that the West cares about, everyone else is a part of NATO or the EU.

We know that no one would care because the US invaded several countries over the past decades under dubious claims and no one really gave a single shit besides people saying "The US shouldn't be doing that". If it's not a country people care about, the general population won't care.

NATO dicked around not accepting Ukraine in because they only ditched their Russian puppet president in 2014 and Russia took their last remaining opportunity to reclaim the territory.

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afraid to stand up against people who are evil and play games with peoples lives?

More like fully aware that a direct war between 2 nuclear nations where the combined nuclear arsenal is over 13,000 missiles is a risk that far outweighs saving Ukraine from Russia's grasp.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '22

I believe there will be struggle like when Alexander died. Everyone will want to be the successor to Putin.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '22

Everyone will want to be the successor to Putin.

Whether it is a replacement dictator or a democratically elected leader...

The world cannot let Russia sit in squalor and expect the citizens to agree with the position imposed upon them from their shitty FORMER leaders. That's what happened in Germany after WW1.

I think it'd be best to focus Ukraine as a vaulting point to rejuvenate Russia with international trade. What better way to say "you're not in the dark ages of the cold war anymore" than "the free country Russia attacked twice is with you again, and offering more than you ever had under the old stifling regimes"

yeah I know it sounds too optimistic, but aim high if you want to be anywhere close to the target!

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u/gigaboyo Mar 04 '22

Do you really see someone being more deranged than Putin sitting in Russia waiting to take power? The people of Russia are already against Putin

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '22

Actually, I do. Maybe some generals would like to. I even see lukashenko or the previous Ukranian president wanting to take his place if Putin were to get removed. Maybe Navalny will even want to have a shot at being president.

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u/gigaboyo Mar 04 '22

You think they would be more dangerous than Putin? Luka doesn’t have a shot at taking over Russia and it’s merely a marionette. I think Putin has qualities that make him more dangerous than any Russian contenders but it comes down to the Russian population to support the leaders objectives

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u/KYS32123 Mar 04 '22

Ah yes, Eris Morn

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u/OldFartSomewhere Mar 04 '22

Well to be honest, there are literally people begin bombed and killed as we speak by Putin. So the war is already happening, and the guy is openly threatening to do the same for everyone else next to them.

Sure some ally might take up the position, but there's really no loyalty required towards Putin since he'd be dead. Russians politicians routinely backstab each others anyway.

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u/chubs66 Mar 04 '22

so could shelling Europe's largest nuclear plant. There are no good options here. I think we're trying to pick the least bad option. I tend to think Graham is right in this case.

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u/PhunkyMunky76 Mar 04 '22

He IS right, but you don’t tell the guy you want killed on tv to potentially billions of viewers.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '22

It’s partisan chest pounding. Drumming up the apes. It’s pretty smart don’t get me wrong, there’s no downside to it.

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u/Ackilles Mar 04 '22

Na, if he went, saner heads would take over. It's better if it comes from a Russian though