{"id":78069,"date":"2022-02-27T16:36:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T22:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=78069"},"modified":"2022-02-27T16:38:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T22:38:52","slug":"78069","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=78069","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Times, simply displaying their standard hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>What you see from the Ukrainians is real heroism. Little to no training. Little to no logistical support. Yet they arm up and march off to fight an invader. That takes<em> real<\/em> guts.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/the-new-york-times-strange-new-respect-for-citizens-owning-and-carrying-assault-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times\u2019 Strange New Respect for Citizens Owning and Carrying \u2018Assault Weapons.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Volunteer fighters armed with assault rifles patrolled central Kyiv on Friday, ready to defend their country.<\/p>\n<p>Follow live updates. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hQc2wYb6r0\">https:\/\/t.co\/hQc2wYb6r0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n2B2lPrgVL\">pic.twitter.com\/n2B2lPrgVL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1497390997571002369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yes, this is the\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/02\/25\/world\/russia-ukraine-war?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur#armed-with-assault-rifles-civilian-volunteers-prepare-to-defend-kyiv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writing approvingly<\/a>\u00a0of average Ukrainian citizens taking up arms to defend themselves, their families, and their country. They\u2019re being thousands of what the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0refers to as \u201cassault rifles\u201d for which most of them will have had little to no training at all.<\/p>\n<p>Not that it matters. When your country is being attacked by a foreign army, you use the weapons at hand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_inline tdi_2_209 td_block_template_1\">\n<div id=\"wh_17415148_1\" class=\"ads_container\">\n<div id=\"ld-13777902496068710-703\">An estimated 18,000 assault rifles, variants of the Kalashnikov, have been distributed in Kyiv since Thursday. For many in line, the decision to pick up arms and fight a street battle against one of the world\u2019s largest armies was driven by patriotism.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI don\u2019t really have any choice,\u201d said Hlib Bondarenko, a 21-year-old computer programmer. \u201cThis is my home. I have nowhere to go, and I\u2019m not going to give it up.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-1i6lz47 evys1bk0\">Olena Sokolan, a business manager, stood proudly in a line made up mostly of men.\u00a0\u201cI am a woman, but I am strong,\u201d Ms. Sokolan said. \u201cI don\u2019t have any fear. I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See Russian, point rifle, pull trigger.<\/p>\n<p>This is the same\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/12\/us\/politics\/assault-weapons-ban.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writes so approvingly<\/a>\u00a0of \u201cassault weapons\u201d bans here in the US of A. Never mind that the muddled old Gray Lady has written that Clinton\u2019s AWB both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/14\/sunday-review\/the-assault-weapon-myth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed miserably<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/04\/opinion\/assault-weapon-ban.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worked as intended<\/a>. Because as Americans are seeing hourly on their televisions and news feeds, who really needs an \u201cassault rifle\u201d anyway?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Times, simply displaying their standard hypocrisy. What you see from the Ukrainians is real heroism. Little to no training. Little to no logistical support. Yet they arm up and march off to fight an invader. That takes real guts. 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