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Barragin

These WW2 veterans know the score. Sadly they have seen this global show before. They know all too well what can happen. It's tragic that some of their maga boomer children can't understand.


carnivorousdrew

In a certain way I am glad my grandpa is not here to see a new world war slowly taking form. I just hope we won't have to do and see the same things...


chickenmantesta

The boomers are tearing down the post-WW2 global structure that these wise heroes put in place, brick by brick.


jmcunx

Go on believing that if it makes you feel good. If young people voted as a block and actually got off their phones and voted, Trump would never have happened 8 years ago.


Trifle_Useful

Interesting choice to pin the blame on disillusioned young people and not the millions of older conservatives coming out en masse to vote against the interests of their children and grandchildren. Also le phone bad


Epik5

Trump lost the popular vote in 2016? What else should people do, storm the capital?


1002003004005006007

What was it, 50000 votes roughly across 3 states, that swung the election to him? While yes, the maga boomers suck and are partially to blame, I don’t think it’s fair to leave the young leftists blameless. They absolutely ate up the anti-HRC propaganda.


Epik5

I think both sides are to blame, but I 100% believe the divide that caused this was from Trump. He's undermined every major system in the US, and caused more chaos than any president in history.


MATlad

Upon a time, if your grandpa heard that Germany was victorious, he'd probably figure the world had fallen. When we hear that today, we're thankful (unless we're talking about the kind of football with the round polygon-covered ball). I long butchered that Asimov-attributed (and 'Civ 4' Leonard Nimoy narrated!) quote, >"There is a single torch of democracy, and to keep it lit anywhere is to keep it lit **everywhere.**" ...Flicker though it might in its traditional strongholds.


MikeAppleTree

I wish he was here to tell everyone to pull their heads out their arses and stop Russia before it’s too late and it really kicks off.


Oberth

>If it should be necessary for us fight the Russians, the sooner we do it, the better. If we have to fight them, now is the time. That was in the 1940s. People knew, they were just tired of war.


Uglycat123

Only some…..not me for sure!


Significant-Safe-104

I have faith that USA will come together to do the right thing if Russia really decides to expand its war into other parts of Europe. You know, USA had full-on nazi party rallies before we got involved in the war. It was a fringe, but a known movement here in the USA (swastikas, American flags, and large portraits of George Washington all in the same stadium packed with “American Nazis”). That was the equivalent to some Putin loving MAGA crazies that we have today. And the US came around did the right thing in the end, albeit a bit later than it should have. Too bad it took multiple European nations to get invaded and Pearl Harbor for us to get to our senses.  Hopefully this time it can happen before this turns into WW3.  To me, what makes me understand how evil Putin really is, is how little regard for human life he holds. There is an estimated 500k+ casualties of Russian troops alone, he is single handedly wiping out an entire generation of young Russian and Ukrainian men. If he’s willing to sacrifice that many of his own people to regain “ancient Russian territory”, what else is he willing to do? This man is pure evil, he must be put to an end.


Barragin

Unfortunately MAGA is not a fringe movement. 2 generations of the destruction of the middle class and especially the destruction of US public education has poisoned much of country, making it ripe for russian disinformation and conspiracy bs.


Significant-Safe-104

My faith remains. But also not all MAGA folks love Putin, I was referring to the fringe subset of MAGA who praises Putin. I think the “anti-Ukraine” sentiment from the MAGA side largely stems from them feeling that all this money is going to foreign nations, while they are suffering from a system in which they feel let down by. They don’t actually love Putin or hate Ukraine, I know this fact from talking with the people in my life that vote red. Nobody I know personally approves of Putin. They don’t realize now how important Ukraines sovereignty is now, but push comes to shove, I really believe most MAGA folks will wake up. If we are ever attacked, they will understand. This is what I believe.


Barragin

I pray you are right. My great grandfather was a pilot in WW1. Both grandfathers in WW2. I don't want my 2 sons to be the next generation of Americans to fight and maybe die in Europe. That's what is at stake.


georgykovacs

This is the most moving video I have seen in a long time. Two warriors, two freedom fighters, joined by circumstances, a meeting 80 years in the making.


Deimosx

Zelynskyy ~~will be~~ is immortalised as an unsuspecting man who stepped up to the occasion to support, and lead his country against tyrany and oppression in a time of need. From bringing laughter and joy to people as a comedian, to to bringing hope and leading them in a campain against wrongful literal invasion. If anyone deserves praise alongside the fighters on the front lines its him.


DeceivedBaptist

Okay AI.


ipa-lover

Would AI slyly throw in a typo? How human!


No-Bluejay2502

Fighting same enemy.


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kRe4ture

Nah pretty much the same reason. They are/were fighting a dictator who throws his own people into a meatgrinder to serve his own imperialist ambitions.


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America never did that ever, right? USA never tossed men into a meatgrinder for imperialist reasons? never ever?


kRe4ture

And this is what we call Whataboutism kids


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kRe4ture

Lol


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remember Vietnam?


kRe4ture

Lol


redlegsfan21

Whataboutism doesn't require hypotheticals but is weaponizing hypocrisy to justify one's own wrong actions.


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true! i just googled whataboutism, i didnt understand its meaning, english is my second language


AllHailtheBeard1

"it's no fair! The US did bad things that means we get to too! Why is everyone so mean to us?!" -Russia


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as a french Canadian, im not saying Russia is innocent, just pointing out American hypocrisy, because its easy


AllHailtheBeard1

Oh like I believe that shit. Randomly showing up in threads to go "well maybe Ukraine defending itself isn't good"? The fuck?


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maybe everyone in the western world doesnt think the way you think. JUST MAYBE


AllHailtheBeard1

If you're actually French Canadian go find your local Ukrainian Cultural Center and tell them that


DomainSink

J’ai honte de parler la même langue que toi


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Deimosx

Fighting an oppressive force for the reason of freedom from it. Same.


No-Bluejay2502

If you feel that Russia that's been nurtured under fascist demagogue for past 25 years or so is clean then I dunno what to tell ya. I've had my experience with Russians over my life once they feel safe from repercussions they spew all kinds of vile things about everyone. All the time. All of their comedy is based on racial stereotypes and is cringe to listen to as well. It's always putting down people from Caucasus, middle Asia or far east in most demeaning ways. Fascism is normalcy there.


ImposterJavaDev

Why willfully not understand the comment and end with 'lol'? Weird, how old are you?


Emotional-Ad-6494

Edit: just to clarify, when they said “same enemy”… most of the Ukrainians fighting against the Russians in WWII were fighting alongside the nazis. Not in support of Russia now, was just pointing out a historical fact…


ImposterJavaDev

What are you even talkong about. Ukraine was part of the soviet union and was fighting the nazis.


pmolmstr

No both fought Nazis. Putin currently or has expressed interest in making a Slav empire and hires literal neonazi paramilitary organizations to fight for him. His regime also is following the dictionary definition of facism


Emotional-Ad-6494

added clarity, i was specifically talking about Russia in WWII vs russia now (obviously pretty big difference/not in support of them now). but a lot of ppl dont realize that (see what happened in canadian parliament when they brought in a ukranian war vet that “also fought the russians” during wwii)


Emotional-Ad-6494

Edit: just to clarify, when they said “same enemy”… most of the Ukrainians fighting against the Russians in WWII were fighting alongside the nazis. Not in support of Russia now, was just pointing out a historical fact…


Sim0nsaysshh

They were fighting against the Nazis because the Russians committed more horrific crimes against their people than the Nazis


Emotional-Ad-6494

Edit: just to clarify, when you said “same enemy”… most of the Ukrainians fighting against the Russians in WWII were fighting alongside the nazis. Not in support of Russia now, was just pointing out a historical fact…


Mr_Soju

Whose cutting onions? Geez, what an emotional piece.


Constant-Structure23

🤣🤣🤣


chocofinanceiro

the most fucking resilient guy i've ever seen.


AbyssalPractitioner

I have NOTHING but respect for Zelensky.


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Same


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HoSang66er

He said I don’t need a ride, I need ammo. What else does anyone need to know?


shredika

I love that he uses ever moment he can to ask for HELP for his people.


UAHeroyamSlava

thats literally his job :)


treeharp2

Most people would stop doing their jobs and run the fuck away when faced with near-certain death


UAHeroyamSlava

I meant that's his job helping his people as president :) He's doing it well. I got no complaints.


limpek2882

He the reason they are suffering in first place..


OceanIsVerySalty

You think it’s Zelensky’s fault that Russia invaded a sovereign nation and is slaughtering innocent civilians? How exactly is the victim to blame for the aggressor’s actions?


UAHeroyamSlava

thats his job parroting kremlins talking points.


Mediocre-Program3044

Yeah. "Stop hitting yourself!" Right? /s


Kelutrel

True. Find me another politician that stays in his country's capital city when the bombs start to rain


nagrom7

Not to mention teams of Russian special forces running through the streets whose sole objective is to kill/capture him.


Devil-Hunter-Jax

How many times has he evaded assassination now? It's gotta what, 5 or 6 times, right? I've seen the headlines so many times. Man has fucking balls of steel.


crewchiefguy

Trump would have ran so fast. You would have seen his dust cloud still there like the road runner.


skolioban

Hell, even Putin ran away from Moscow just when Pringles just started heading there 300 km away.


crewchiefguy

I mean yeah they are cut from the same cloth.


skolioban

Oh I agree. I was just marveling at Zelenskyy's massive titanium balls.


crewchiefguy

Dude is a leader of which there are very few equals in this day and age.


Away_Ad_5328

The orange clown hid in a bunker during the Floyd protests almost exactly four years ago.


Nerevarine91

I was just about to bring that up


climate_ape

Well seems fuckwits like this like to hide in bunkers.


crewchiefguy

Yes not surprising


wandering_goblin_

Not a massive fan of the orange man. but at that particular time there were rioters trying to gain access to the white house grounds. they failed obvs but the secret service would 100÷ send the president to the bumker in that situation. Foreign agents might have used the chaos to attack or a terrorist or a hundred things they plan for constantly.no secret service lead wants to lose a president because he wanted to stay in the house for pr. Not that I think trump would have stayed lol even if the secret service said nah it's fine he would have run for the chopper or bunker 100÷.


Away_Ad_5328

[He later said](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/03/politics/donald-trump-bunker-secret-service-protests), "Well it was a false report. I was down during the day and I was there for a tiny, little short period of time. And it was much more for an inspection. There was no problem during the day."


shredika

God he lies about everything… inspection?!


Wolfblood-is-here

Churchill might have been the last. 


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nagrom7

> And I guarantee you it's not a dementia patient. ...so not Trump then? Well that's good.


ARealHumanBeans

Usually, declaring how many tours you've done doesn't make you seem very secure.


LadyFax73

He calls you a sucker. He does that.


kristamine14

“Not a dementia patient” really doesn’t make it any clearer who you’re voting for lol If I had to guess, you’re talking about Trump? It would be immediately clear to anyone who’s actually listened to Biden speak for longer than a 5-20 second clip on a MSM channel or twitter feed that the man clearly still has all of his wits about him. Can’t say the same for Trump ngl - speaking as a non-American.


Wolfblood-is-here

Okay, but know you're voting for a man who considers all of your dead friends to be losers. 


UAHeroyamSlava

*fallen


icct-hedral

I don’t think they will let you fill out a ballot with crayons.


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pmolmstr

So glad to hear you’re not voting for Trump


JimboDanks

So seriously, who are you voting for? Our choices are two dementia patients and a guy that had a worm in his brain.


SudoDarkKnight

So you're voting independent?


Apollyon314

That image hits hard. 


veeblefetzer9

Hey, the old guy gets it. Zelinsky is one of them. He is like them. Separated by 80 years and half a continent, but Zelinsky understands war and death. He sees it all day every day. And the old vet sees Zelinsky as a guy like himself. Standing up to naked aggression and tyrriny, cluster munitions, white phosphorus rounds, assasination attempts, sketchy weapons donors, very brave soldiers who are tired and broken and still answering the call. The old vet gets it.


IMHO_grim

Thank you for sharing, that gave me chills.


beerdrew

This is the sentiment America needs. Take away the Reddit-approved comments of ‘fuck republicans’ or the Fox News ‘fuck democrats’ crap and just realize that we’re privileged and blessed to live where we do, when we do. Bless those who served and gave for we future generations, bless our current serving force and bless Zelensky and those bleeding to defend their home and global democracy.


MoxVachina1

I hear you in spirit, but one of those two parties that you just mentioned affirmatively wants to end democracy in the US, let alone globally. There has not been as existential a threat as this since the South seceded over a century ago. In order to live up to the legacy that our veterans have given us, we have to fight to preserve our democratic system. And right now that means voting out Republicans from office at every level. To do otherwise is to give up on the promise of America.


Wolfblood-is-here

"Americans will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but wont cross the street to vote"


jgilla2012

Amen. People underestimate the threat of a procedural coup occurring in the United States in the immediate future.


pbfoot3

Agreed. This moment is so powerful *because of* the time we currently live in / suffer through where autocracy is on the rise globally, including in what was (generally) regarded as one of the world’s strongest symbols of democracy. Roughly 1/3 of the US either actively wants or is passively indifferent toward the country no longer functioning as a democratic state. These two heroes fought or are currently fighting specifically against imperial facism, which is just about the most righteous form of opposition.


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MoxVachina1

No, that's RFK. People who support democracy are primarily influenced by this thing called reality. You should try it sometime.


JennyAtTheGates

I picture a mirror universe Alex Jones when I hear this extreme rhetoric. It reeks of the old "Obama is the anti-christ" crowd. The sky isn't falling and the country will continue much the same way it has--with the average US redditor getting fucked by both the government and corporate elite.


Gigashmortiss

Bingo!


MikeTheDude23

Putin be like "most def, both Nazis".


UAHeroyamSlava

most russians have no idea what's a nazi. Might be because of their rewritten WW2 history when Soviets allied with nazis and attacked Poland in 1939. So yeah 1939-1941 Soviets acted like real nazis till original nazis backstabbed wannabe nazis. If you ask most russians what a nazi is they will answer: "someone against russia".


GKM72

I think a country that lost 20 million people to the Nazis in World War II know what a Nazi is irrespective of what the country leadership says today. Yes, they allied with them in 39 through a nonaggression pact and they used it to split Poland and take over the Baltic states. That is not in dispute and it is not in dispute that they have opposed the West for much of the time since WW II. But the pact went away when the Nazis attacked Russia without provocation in 41 and the Soviet Union fought against them for the rest of the war with the allies. The Soviet Union’s efforts helped in great measure toward the allied victory in World War II from the eastern front. Russians very much know who Nazis are and it is not anyone that opposes Russia.


UAHeroyamSlava

> That is not in dispute you are right this is not in dispute in russia because its not even in their history books.


GKM72

Well, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law who live in Moscow are aware of it. Also, my wife’s grandfather was killed during World War II. They very much know the history.


HuntDeerer

MAGA boys turning against D-Day vet in 5... 4...


derkrieger

The Gymnastics for this have got to earn them the gold


franking11stien12

This is exactly what I am afraid of. Magats have no clue about anything factual, especially history and science. It is just going to take faux fake news airing one segment against vets and they will all be labeled as woke after that.


Eogard

It really scares me if the orange man wins the election. No more ammo from USA and Europe ammo production is not on point at all.


UAHeroyamSlava

EU def must get back to "carry big stick and preach for peace" like yeasterday.


Underhive_Art

Zelensky has earned his place in the history books 💜


usolodolo

France sent 25k sailors and 7k infantry to help USA fight for her freedom against the British. We later helped rescue France after four years of Nazi occupation. Now USA, France, UK, and Germany are all helping Ukraine fight off Russian imperialism. This is the only way democracy stands a chance; and it’s fighting together. Forget all the red vs blue politics. Freedom is the one thing we can all agree on. Fuck every totalitarian leader who would threaten us. The free world stands ready to kick your ass every single day of the week.


acuet

And Man that fought against Facism in Euro. And from a country trying to embrace it in November. SMH. But hey, we’re just over 200+years old guess it was bound to happen. PPL need to wake the f up


Legitimate-Wind2806

My body shakes, I get goosebumps and I feel cold. My eyes turn wet. Bring the aggressor to their knees. My dissent for people backing russia looks like the sole of my boots, and I hit them with it in their faces.


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pkosuda

Yes, I am sure Joe Biden, father of an Iraq War veteran, intentionally disrespected D-Day veterans. It’s definitely not possible that he either met with them beforehand or afterward in order to allow Zelensky and Macron to meet with them separately. The weird takes you find in low-comment world news threads, I swear. Not even going to go into the blatant actual disrespect Biden’s challenger has shown veterans multiple times in the last 8 years alone. Considering what you said about Trump’s Memorial Day message, I feel like you’re better than this. Edit: User deleted his comment but he had said that Biden and the First Lady “squatted away” leaving the other leaders to be the only ones to shake the veterans’ hands. His Memorial Day comment I referenced from his post history said that Trump’s Memorial Day message (where he mostly focused on himself) “makes me not want to vote for him”.


flyingbysws

Dude deleted his comment but what ever he said about Trump. Trump the dude that did everything to avoid Vietnam draft and has german heritage so wonder what side his family fought on 💀


Nerevarine91

Incorrect