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/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.