r/worldnews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 21h ago

Russia/Ukraine ‘We Were Mistaken’: Putin Admits Russia Was Unprepared for Ukrainian Strikes on Oil Refineries

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83674
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u/Yardsale420 19h ago

Dear America:
You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches.
—Werner Herzog

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u/unurbane 19h ago

When was that written?

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u/Odie_Odie 19h ago

He didnt say it really but the fabrication spread in 2017 according to Politifaq. I believe the quote but I just think it came from some tweet.

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u/chris_ut 18h ago

Standard fake reddit political slop. Half the folks who post here are russian/chinese bots

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u/BaldursFenceDoor 16h ago

1/3rd are Russian. 1/3rd are Chinese bots. 1/3rd are Giga Chads like me

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u/chiPersei 18h ago

This quote was not said by filmmaker Werner Herzog; it originated from a satirical Twitter parody account @WernerTwertzog in 2017.

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u/theT3rr04 18h ago

It's like the same thing.

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u/CheshireCat78 18h ago

Just now. 😁

I’m sorry I will see myself out.

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u/unurbane 18h ago

Hahaha

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u/JadedBoyfriend 18h ago

I understood the reference 😉

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u/Adjective_Noun_2000 18h ago

It's a great quote but it's not from Herzog. It's from a Twitter account called Werner Twertzog (back in the days before Twitter was lost to the first 1/3).

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/werner-herzog-germany-quote/

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u/WizardSleeves31 18h ago

I love his voice.

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u/seeingeyegod 16h ago

It's so much more powerful when you read it in his voice.

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u/Unhappy_Mycologist_6 10h ago

Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches. —Werner Herzog

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/werner-herzog-germany-quote/