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minus-squaremindlight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI’m curious. When did you root for Wagner?
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI mean there was that very brief period when it seemed like they might revolt against Putin.
minus-squaremindlight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoStill didn’t make them heroes in any way. They have a dirty smelly track record that will always stain them. Wagner didn’t march towards Moscow to give back the power to the Russian people.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agoDidn’t say it made them heroes, just pointing out a time when it was likely people would be supporting them. “Rooting for them” in general is probably overstating but “rooting for them to take out Putin” would be reasonable IMO.
I’m curious. When did you root for Wagner?
I mean there was that very brief period when it seemed like they might revolt against Putin.
Still didn’t make them heroes in any way. They have a dirty smelly track record that will always stain them.
Wagner didn’t march towards Moscow to give back the power to the Russian people.
Didn’t say it made them heroes, just pointing out a time when it was likely people would be supporting them.
“Rooting for them” in general is probably overstating but “rooting for them to take out Putin” would be reasonable IMO.