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“Whether you like it, or not, history is on our side. We will bury you,” he said quoting former USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev.

Russian politician Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday Russia could have a right to go to war with NATO.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 6 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The former Russian Prime Minister - widely seen as a stopgap for Vladimir Putin -  repeatedly takes to social media to write provocative and inflammatory statements about the Ukraine war and its Western allies.

In Tuesday's tweet, Medvedev warned the "apocalypse" was "drawing nearer", quoting biblical verse and old Soviet leaders.

“We are remembered until we stand in the others’ way,” attributed to Vladimir Lenin, who led the Bolshevik Revolution and was the first leader and founder of the Soviet Union.

Medvedev, Russia's Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, ended the tweet with a notorious quote from former USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev made to Western ambassadors in 1956, which reads: "Whether you like it, or not, history is on our side.

Most of Medvedev's past threats have rung hollow or provoked ridicule online from large numbers of social media users.

He added Poland was "temporarily occupied", alluding to NATO presence inside the country, which includes 10,000 American troops, according to AP.


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[–] ladananton450@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I'd like to see you do that, mr. Medvedev.

[–] roofuskit@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Lol, might as well change his surname to Kim Jong.

[–] firewyre@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Oh god how I hope they fucking try it

[–] Gnemesis@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

You have the right to guzzle bleach if you choose also... just sayin'.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago

Except they really don’t. There’s no casus belli that passes the smell test.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_of_aggression

[–] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

The only way the Russian army would bury NATO is in the collective wave of shit which would emanate from their pants if they actually faced real Western military action

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just claiming you have the right doesn't mean you actually have the right. Ask January 6 trumpers for more information on that subject.

On another point: just because you can doesn't mean you should. You can kick a Lion in the balls but that doesn't make it a great idea.

Then again, I'm sure Russia's leadership knows this and right now is just posing like an 8th grader bragging about his uncle being a navy seal because holy shit, Russia is fuuuuuuucked.

For the next decades it will be busy pulling itself together, trying to rebuild an international economy that doesn't rely 100% on unsustainable practices of just selling all it's minerals, getting rid of the reputation that Putin gave it, trying to rebuild a military that isn't the laughing stock of the world... And all that is assuming that the country doesn't fall apart, doesn't dove into civil war and that say, china doesn't decide it likes the taste ofmsome of the pieces that are left.

Russia is fubar, and right now Ukraine is the victim, butt within this decade, the innocent Russian citizens will be the victims of it all

Yeah. All at the same time.

[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

But do you have the ability?

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago
[–] blue_zephyr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

War has fuck-all to do with rights. If you're going to attack a NATO country we will beat your ass back into the stone age without mercy, your nukes won't save you if you dare cross that line.

[–] complacent_jerboa@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I'm torn between "oh yeah? that's crazy" and "oh god we're all going to nuke each other"

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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