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Clear russian troll accounts, posting in Albanian forums, on how X Western entity is bad (by X, it is usually EU/NATO/US). It is a monthly pattern. A couple

Clear russian troll accounts, posting in Albanian forums, on how X Western entity is bad (by X, it is usually EU/NATO/US). It is a monthly pattern. A couple of times, it can be a coincidence, monthly repeated occurrences? It is not. Are they getting paid by the government, or just doing on their own, that I don't know. But it is clear Russian activity. (btw, Albania is not a slavic country, and albania is a mediterranean country and has nothing to do with Russians, and these are not just random folks dropping in asking for the usual tourist info, or just sheer curiosity.... ) If "by clear evidence" you mean a video of the people actually typing these comments, located in some Russian building, with clear "Troll Farm Company sponsored by Putin and the Russian Government" marking, sorry, I don't have that.

fit2rule 7y ago
You have to be really ignorant of the world to think that, outside its borders, the USA is a well-respected entity. It doesn't take a Russian operation to turn the world against American policies. All it takes, is for an informed person to pay attention to what America and its allies are actually doing around the world. A majority of the world outside of America's borders, actually do inform themselves, and guess what? What America is doing to the world is ugly. Russia doesn't need to campaign against America and convince people - America is doing enough of that itself. Those of us who have actually gotten to know refugees from Americas wars, see the truth. America is destroying sovereign states around the globe in order to serve its own special interests (its military-industrial-pharmaceutical complex). Here in Europe, Americans need to understand one thing: we're not stupid. We see what your nation is doing without needing to be told by authorities what to think about it. A significant portion of the European middle class actually ignore the propaganda and go see for themselves. We don't have the immense American media apparatus blinding us to the truth of America's wars: 500,000 innocent peoples' lives lost since Iraq, endless refugees from American wars, walking across Europe. You want evidence that America is out of control? Go talk to a refugee from one of America's wars. Can't do that? Then its your propaganda apparatus working to turn your face from the truth.
- ardit33 7y ago
  I am European dude and not a US citizen, so I am speaking as a third party ..... And Yes I know USA and support it (most of their actions, but not all), and so most of my country. Interesting, as I lived in Sweden as well, and they were pretty fond of USA as well, even though they are not part of NATO. Looking at your post history, it is mostly vitriol against USA. Where are you from? How come you speak in the name 'of all europeans'.
  - fit2rule 7y ago
    You're speaking for 'most of your country, and "Sweden", when you lived there. Ever been to a refugee camp and spoken to Iraqi's, Syrians, Lybians, Yemeni, Afghani victims of the illegal wars being carried out by America and its allies? I live within walking distance of a refugee camp. I've spent the last few years getting to know the victims of America's illegal wars. The vitriol is warranted. Real human beings have been smashed to pieces. (Note: am Australian, have lived and worked in the USA, and am now in Austria, also a non-NATO country. Austrians inform themselves, and have done a lot for the victims of America's illegal wars. Swedes?)
- dang 7y ago
  We've asked you many times to stop taking HN threads further into flamewar. As I've told you repeatedly, if you can't or won't stop doing this, we're going to have to ban you. I don't want to ban you, because you've also posted good comments. But would you please fix this? HN is not for fulminating and fomenting, however justified your cause. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - fit2rule 7y ago
    Are you an American, dang? Because its very clear to me that you won't tolerate any criticism of your in-group, and that makes HN less valuable, not more.
    - dang 7y ago

fit2rule 7y ago

You have to be really ignorant of the world to think that, outside its borders, the USA is a well-respected entity. It doesn't take a Russian operation to turn the world against American policies. All it takes, is for an informed person to pay attention to what America and its allies are actually doing around the world. A majority of the world outside of America's borders, actually do inform themselves, and guess what? What America is doing to the world is ugly. Russia doesn't need to campaign against America and convince people - America is doing enough of that itself. Those of us who have actually gotten to know refugees from Americas wars, see the truth. America is destroying sovereign states around the globe in order to serve its own special interests (its military-industrial-pharmaceutical complex). Here in Europe, Americans need to understand one thing: we're not stupid. We see what your nation is doing without needing to be told by authorities what to think about it. A significant portion of the European middle class actually ignore the propaganda and go see for themselves. We don't have the immense American media apparatus blinding us to the truth of America's wars: 500,000 innocent peoples' lives lost since Iraq, endless refugees from American wars, walking across Europe. You want evidence that America is out of control? Go talk to a refugee from one of America's wars. Can't do that? Then its your propaganda apparatus working to turn your face from the truth.

ardit33 7y ago
I am European dude and not a US citizen, so I am speaking as a third party ..... And Yes I know USA and support it (most of their actions, but not all), and so most of my country. Interesting, as I lived in Sweden as well, and they were pretty fond of USA as well, even though they are not part of NATO. Looking at your post history, it is mostly vitriol against USA. Where are you from? How come you speak in the name 'of all europeans'.
- fit2rule 7y ago
  You're speaking for 'most of your country, and "Sweden", when you lived there. Ever been to a refugee camp and spoken to Iraqi's, Syrians, Lybians, Yemeni, Afghani victims of the illegal wars being carried out by America and its allies? I live within walking distance of a refugee camp. I've spent the last few years getting to know the victims of America's illegal wars. The vitriol is warranted. Real human beings have been smashed to pieces. (Note: am Australian, have lived and worked in the USA, and am now in Austria, also a non-NATO country. Austrians inform themselves, and have done a lot for the victims of America's illegal wars. Swedes?)
dang 7y ago
We've asked you many times to stop taking HN threads further into flamewar. As I've told you repeatedly, if you can't or won't stop doing this, we're going to have to ban you. I don't want to ban you, because you've also posted good comments. But would you please fix this? HN is not for fulminating and fomenting, however justified your cause. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- fit2rule 7y ago
  Are you an American, dang? Because its very clear to me that you won't tolerate any criticism of your in-group, and that makes HN less valuable, not more.
  - dang 7y ago