Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold one-on-one meeting" video.

  1. The Russian mercenaries concerned were just expendable pawns to Putin. The Kremlin wasted no time in disavowing them.
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  2. Andy, do you deny that the Kremlin immediately disavowed the Russian mercenaries that got killed? If so, it follows that they're expendable pawns.
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  3. Hapalon, you need to work on your insults. Expendable means their lives have little value. Mercenaries or not, in other countries there would be an outcry if one's citizens were to die in such numbers. You must've fallen under the spell of Hollywood, because in reality Blackwater provided security services that were considered too mundane for combat troops. The Russians, on the other hand, seem to have no qualms about putting their mercenaries in harm's way.
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  4. Really? And I thought the other thinks nothing of extrajudicial murder, annexing neighbouring territory, waging war, needlessly condemning its people to economic austerity, etc., etc.
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  5. Lordie, be that as it may, but Russia is by no means exemplary and therefore, it would appear, a lousy teacher.
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