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    Hexbear and .ml covering their ears and yelling “lalalalala”

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      I’m pretty sure they would say that ukraine shouldn’t exsist anyway because the US propaganda is taking over them or whatever.

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        “Euromaidan was a coup” they seriously claim, and add a quote from Mersheimer.

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          Did they not force the president at the time to resign? It’d be like Jan 6th forcing Biden to not take office. I’m genuinely interested to know what the difference is. It can be considered just, but it doesn’t seem inaccurate to call it a coup. Please educate me.

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            It’d be like Jan 6th forcing Biden to not take office.

            Not quite, because only a very small minority of americans wanted this to happen. In Ukraine, the forces against Yanukovich’s rule were democratic in nature, and were backed by massive protests that Yanukovich tried to suppress violently. I would call it a revolution.

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                Yes, a revolution. That’s not at all what tankies are implying when they claim it’s a coup, and I’m sure you know it.

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        Always ridiculous takes from lemmygrad users. I see a lot from kbin as well, but I’m assuming selection bias or something

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      I don’t understand, are the people on these servers kremlin bots or are they really that stupid?

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        I think they are just trolls. Hexbear has a community called “The Dunk Tank” where they proudly announce when they successfully “dunked” on someone, also known as arguing in bad faith with prejudicial hostility and no will to listen until the other side gives up and leaves. They mark that as a win in their book and applaud to it.

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      I found this offensive. Not all people on my instance think what you think.

      lemm.ee have “no bigotry” rule, but why offend other instances is okay?

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        If you think the reputation doesn’t apply to you, personally, then it’s trivial to move to a different Lemmy server. It’s not some immutable characteristic of your being.

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          I registered on this server 2 years ago and I should move to another server because some people think that this server is for people who support Russia? It’s bullshit. It was a leftist server some time ago, but now it’s a general purpose server. Also leftists != support Russia.

          Anyway, we shouldn’t go in comments and say that people from X are jerks.

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        Ohmygod one person said something about me. Quick defed from the entire instance!!

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          Nah it’s been nearly constantly and consistently bad quality posts and toxicity from that instance.

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            Unlike all of your “quality posts” and no toxicity, huh? Lmao.

            Block what you don’t like buddy. Don’t impose your censorship on everyone else.

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              God I hope none of yall ever defed. So funny watching the immediate tribalism form.

              It wasnt ever reddit, or twitter, huh? Its always just us.

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    I am glad to announce you guys that number of tankies here is below 4% according to up/downvotes

    It’s low enough to know them by their usernames and shame them every time they post something

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      As long as they’re genuine and civil about their opinions, I encourage a space for that discussion. If it’s disingenuous trolling or crude propaganda then it becomes a problem.

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        The general public framing of the war and Russian “denazification” messaging has basically broke criticism of the situation in the mainstream. It’s even to the point where you can support Ukrainian people and clearly identify Russia as the aggressor, but if you rationalize how this war didn’t come out of nowhere people’s alarm bells go up, and immediately you are scrutinized whether you’re a Russian troll or not. (There is no measure of sincerity online.)

        The shocking thing for me is how quickly people revel in violence the second there’s a moral justification for it. Like you see closeups of injured Russians getting grenades dropped on them and see their bodies exploding, and it’s almost treated as a moral duty to view this as entertainment, consuming it on the same social media feeds you would memes and friend’s family photos.

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          I am, sadly, guilty of the last part, but to my defence I followed the beginning of this war almost religiously and the brutality the russian soldiers was beyond horrific.
          They had absolutely zero regard for human life in any form or way.

          I’ve also heard countless recordings of phone calls between soldiers and families back in Russia and while not all are equally bad, many were sould wrenching to listen to.

          I can’t excuse cheering for the loss of life, even when brainwashed, but I did and felt comfort knowing that there was one invader leas to wreck havock upon the Ukranian population.

          I would reckon many were in the same boat as myself.

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            The issue is outside of any “true” morality, if you were in Russia chances are you’d be doing the exact same for the other side, since moral justifications for violence can be constructed and consented to on behalf of the public through many methods. Retribution violence is propagandized heavily in the US, in media and civic life. Some people gleefully imagine themselves inflicting violence with their firearm of choice if only provided with the right circumstance. So all this becomes a matter of dividing people by who is morally granted to inflict the violence they’ve been conditioned to view as justified, perpetuating the cycle. Viewing history as a river of blood and ignoring the banks of the river where people live their lives.

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            I followed this war for first 2 months only, i am neither on Russian or Ukrainian side.

            I am in country which doesn’t belong to American or Russian side. Except “the world” (NATO+2 other boot kissers) every other nation citizen knows that this war started due to bullying faced by a nation constantly being surrounded by weapons of “the world” nations. It didn’t come out of no where, ukarine became the victim. Other than “the world” countries nobody believes Ukraine stance to continue is any form of stand against evil, everybody knows what Americans and NATO did to middle eastern people, they carpet bombed entire villages couple days after 9/11 and everybody enjoyed that horror show while drinking beers in pubs and eating crisps, and we were supposed to believe all those murdered by carpet bombing were terrorists; all non-“the world” countries know what is happening. Before internet bullies jump on me, I am also not from middle east.

            Initially it was clear in first 2 weeks that Russian soldiers were very well behaved and didn’t touch any civilian, Russian troops were bullied and harassed by local civilians, stones were thrown at them on video and no retaliation was caught on any camera whatsoever. One can argue whether those Russian soldiers should be there or not, but they were there already, can’t change it. Memes were being made that Russian soldiers are weak girls who can’t do anything, their non-aggressive stance was seen as weakness

            Later came American and NATO donated ordinance, which turned invasion into bloody unnecessary war.

            Now as a third party national with no interest in who wins the “trophy”, I find it shameful that Internet warriors are saying things like Ukraine is winning or Russia is winning. Internet is full of bull… Ukraine which was once very beautiful country with wonderful free of cost education for all/foreigners is an absolute ruin, they are winning nothing, no matters what the outcome is.

            No matters how much I respect bravery of Ukrainians, It clearly is a war being fought for American ego, and victim is every Ukraine resident, no matters how much nationalist pride they try to show online or offline for anyone’s “bravery”, Ukraine has advanced backwards towards history; whatever the result Ukraine has lost big time, the longer war goes, the more they lose.

            Please stop this non-sense war, nobody is giving you weapons because they believe you are fighting for freedom, if you believed in freedom, you would join NAM movement like the non-“the world” countries.

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        If it’s disingenuous trolling or crude propaganda then it becomes a problem.

        That’s what tankies do almost by definition. You’re talking about the rare breed of communists who aren’t tankies.

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          It’s not rare. There are just a lot of loud, terminally online people on Lemmy.

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        At this point, there is very little room for a discussion that hasn’t already been settled though. Anyone who doesn’t see Ukraine as the victim and Russia as the complete aggressor is already a fool (who if they haven’t understood by now, will they ever?) or a troll.

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          I don’t think the issue for criticism is whether they’re a victim of Russia’s aggression, they were clearly invaded. The issue is why they, as a victim in this context, benefit from the full weight of western support, whereas other victims are basically ignored, or even explained away as something expected and “unfortunate.” If you sincerely support Ukrainian people you have to realize they are not being supported by the west simply because they are good deserving people, else we’d have sent weapons to many other groups in even more dire situations, the names of which aren’t even in our public conscious. If you truly support victimized people you have to go far beyond the messaging from western governments, and it will extend far beyond borders and national/religious identities. Just look at the way Kurds were symbolized in the war against ISIS, and what eventually happened there. People had the Kurdish flag on their social media profiles, they were the moderate independent democratic state in the midst of extremists, then they were no longer a useful political tool in this context.

          The reason propaganda has been so successful in this war, is that any criticism of the western powers is taken as criticism of people in Ukraine and akin to support of Russia. Even though, as we we’ve seen time and time again, these institutions change their tune and we can expect western Ukrainian regions to at some point becomes yesterday’s news, just like Crimea was in 2014.

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            ” If you sincerely support Ukrainian people you have to realize they are not being supported by the west simply because they are good deserving people, else we’d have sent weapons to many other groups in even more dire situations

            its pretty clear though the reasons for ukraine support in the west isnt purely because ukraine is our best mate, its because of the implications if they were to fall, pretty sure even ukraine is well aware of this. its simply an outcome that needs to be avoided at all costs other wise europe is going to be in for a hell of a decade

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              I think it’s pretty obvious but I also see a lot of social media and discussions in the news media that basically focuses on displaying that you personally support Ukraine, westerners adopt slogans to identify themselves online as part of the good side as a sort of moral branding. It’s not that this in inherently bad but it doesn’t acknowledge why they support Ukraine, and not for example, subjugated populations everywhere around the world. It’s like your identity with regards to the war in Ukraine is seen as a symbol, however the only reason why it’s so important in the present day context is because of the broader implications that you mention. These broader implications are not linked to or require the presence of Ukrainian flags on a percentage of people’s social media profiles for instance, or frequency of “Slava Ukraine” comments online. So I think the line here is blurred between strategic and geopolitical implications, and people’s own moral support of the war, with the latter being viewed as inherently related to the former when it’s actually decoupled from it.

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            The heart of your inquiry is why does Ukraine get such aid and support while others don’t? To me the answer goes beyond the, “well there’s got to be something in it for us” cynical perspective and boils simply down to just how clear-cut the righteous side is from the wrong side.

            In Syria, there was the FSA, sure. But this was muddied with the risk of supporting more radical factions. Additionally their factions were more or less headless, too. The world knows Zelenskyy and what he stands for, precisely.

            So if you can give me a scenario where (a) The line between right and wrong are this clear and (b) The conflict is to the massive scale that is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, then I’m all ears.

            In that respect there is discussion to be had, I suppose. But does this change anything? Even you agree Russia is still 100% in the wrong, that we should support Ukraine. What irks you is alleged inconsistency which I think is beyond the scope of what we’re talking about here.

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            It is logical to identify as “whataboutism” criticism of “Western Powers” for actions unrelated to Ukraine in the context of a discussion about Ukraine, simply because the only thing about what’s being discussed in such a take is the saying bad things about the allies of one side.

            Maybe it is whataboutism, or maybe that was not the intention of the person making that criticism in that context, but it’s logical to deem it so because it’s the explanation that makes most sense for a person making such a comment in such a context.

            However such criticism is most definitelly warranted and makes sense in plenty of other contexts.

            Also sometimes there really are no other contexts in which to point something out: as somebody has pointed out elsewhere under this post, in the West (including Lemmy, which seems to mainly have users from the “West”) there is quite a skewed and uneven coverage of the plight of Ukranians versus other plights right now in the World, and you hardly have a good context to talk about that when there are no discussions about that (it would be nice if we had some discussions about just how decayed Journalism in most of the Press is, which would lend itself to point such things out)

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              I don’t really agree with “whataboutism” because it can be applied to dismiss any inconvenient comparison and paint the one who raised it as a bad actor, even if it’s a valid point, without having to explain why it’s not a valid comparison. Comparing one thing with something else and noting the differences is a valid method of criticism.

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                Sure, merelly saying “whataboutism” is often used as you describe, mainly because like so many other words its meaning has been seriously mangled through misuse.

                It does, however, make sense to ponder on the logic of pulling something wholly unrelated to the actual situation being discussed and posting it: since such “arguments” by association do not make sense in that context, it’s logical for those on the other side to then consider further elements seeking a reason until finding one that does make sense, which is typically an attempt at holding a position in a discussion after having exhausted actual logical arguments, something which itself would indiciate that the person using such “arguments” doesn’t really hold that position on logic.

                You don’t need to label it as “whataboutism” to recognized an argument by association as the falacy it is, it’s just that using the word “whataboutism” is (or, maybe, used to be) a good shortcut instead of all the text above I just used to explain the rationalle behind the use of the argument by association falacy.

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    Russia has all the power - they can end the war as soon as they pull their shitbirds out of Ukraine & Crimea.

    And hell, get the fuck out of Georgia while we’re discussing. Go home, sign up for a 12 step program and figure out your fucking lives while awaiting the warcrimes charges.

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      Did he say that before or after causing the Bengal famine of 1943?

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    I feel bad for the average Ivan who gets shoved into the meat grinder, except I think those are all sunflower food now and it’s the dregs. The dregs of a brutalist society…

    Slava Ukraini! It’s good to see all the weapons we built for this exact purpose being used properly, Vlad is being impaled on our 30 year old dusty stuff

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      Don’t bring these dumb analogies to this conflict. While Israel definitely acts towards Palestine the way Russia acts towards its former colonies, Hamas itself acts like Russian backed “people’s republic”.

      This will lead to radicalization of Israel’s politics. The date was chosen to have the maximum chance of shutting down any positive resolution around Palestine.

      In other words, this is not an attempt to free Palestine, it’s an attempt to set the world on fire.

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        I have a hard time believing that the Israeli intelligence community didn’t see this coming. Mossad created the fucking Stuxned and can’t even see bunch of militants coming to their borders. The only person benefitting from this is Netanyahu as he may use this war as an excuse to further consolidate his power.

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        Or they could have, I don’t know, agreed to a two state solution? If Palestine stops fighting, Israel will colonize them through their settlements. They’ll probably colonize them even if they fight, and the West will look back on the destruction of Palestine as a tragic oopsie that “we can’t do anything about now.” The blame for the violence is on Israel at this point, as the current government antagonizes Palestinians for what little land they still control. At the same time, Bibi works to take away the voice of even Israelis, turning what should be a more secular democracy into a theocratic dictatorship.

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          What’s more, ethnic cleansing has accompanied Israeli expansion in the past, and to a lesser degree, Israeli settlements in recent history. If Hamas wins, there will be no Israel. If hard-liners in Israel win, there will be no Palestine.

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              Israel ethnically cleansed during 1948 independence war, and not everywhere.

              No, only 90% of the country. Oh, and then again through 1956. And then again in '67.

              What was the world’s response then?

              Fuck, what’s the world’s response to the ongoing genocide in China?

              FUCK, what’s the world’s response to the invasion and genocide perpetuated by Russia?

              The idea that we’d all band together and shun a country until the genocide ended is not backed by evidence. Especially not since a third of the US thinks Israel has to exist for their prophesized end times to come about, and for that reason, supports them unconditionally.

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                  As long as the religious hold political power in the US, israel will never face a real threat of embargo. American right wings think the nation is a sign of rapture, as well as a convenient place to send the jewish diaspora when “the time comes,” and so actively do whatever they can to protect it.

                  And since they hold enough power to disrupt any economic reppercussions, israel can do whatever it likes

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                  The 1949–1956 Palestinian expulsions were a continuation of the 1948 expulsion and flight of Palestinian Arabs from Israeli-controlled territory that occurred after the signing of the ceasefire agreements.[1][2][3][4] This period of the exodus[5] was characterised predominantly by forced expulsion during the consolidation of the state of Israel and ever increasing tension along the ceasefire lines ultimately leading to the 1956 Suez Crisis.[6]

                  Between 1949 and 1950, according to historian Benny Morris, Israel had displaced and expelled between 30,000 and 40,000 Palestinians and Bedouin.[7] Many villages along the ceasefire lines and the Lebanon border area were also leveled, many emptied villages were resettled by new Jewish immigrants and demobilized Israeli military forces.[8][9]

                  The 1967 Palestinian exodus or Naksa[1] refers to the flight of around 280,000 to 325,000 Palestinians[2] out of the territories captured by Israel during and in the aftermath of the Six-Day War, including the razing of the Palestinian villages of Imwas, Yalo, and Bayt Nuba, Surit, Beit Awwa, Beit Mirsem, Shuyukh, Al-Jiftlik, Agarith and Huseirat and the “emptying” of the refugee camps of Aqabat Jaber and ʿEin as-Sultan.[3]

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              Saying Israel would simply wipe out Palestine if they were genocidal is overselling it though. Yeah i doubt they have any specific plans, but also they need the cheap Palestinian labor to continue running Israel. They can’t just get rid of all the Palestinians.

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    This isn’t going to change anyone’s mind. The pro-Russia folk believe that Ukraine as a nation never existed in the first place, so they are fine with below option. The top one is just wishful thinking - why would they stop fighting? They stand nothing to gain from this and they’d lose everything they fought so hard to gain.

    I’ll get down-voted yet again, but I’ll keep saying this: If you care about Ukraine - join the war, send in the troops. Otherwise - shut the fuck up. Spamming the flag everywhere does not help. Sending weapons doesn’t really turn the tides either. Cheering Ukrainian soldiers into a suicidal counter-offensive - well that’s an especially fucked up thing to do.

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      You already claimed in a previous thread on the same subject that Euromaidan was a CIA coup, so I don’t know why you think playing the Very Concerned Netizen now will be believable.

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        Sure did. We’ll see when the CIA declassifies the docs.

        RemindMe! 17 years

        Hopefully both of us, and this instance, stays alive for that time.

        But honestly, whether it was or was not wouldn’t change my opinion on the subject one bit. Not sure what you’re talking about with “playing the Very Concerned Netizen” - my position is fairly consistent and it doesn’t take a Sherlock to figure out.

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      Yea, I agree that countries should send troops to help Ukraine but I disagree with the idea that sending weapons doesn’t help. If Russia conquers Ukraine it will just be another Afganistan or Israel where Ukraine will fight Russian occupation as some terrorist group and Russia will employ what it always does: ethnic cleansing.

      Also Moldova is next in line for a Russian invasion so there will also be that in a few years or however long it takes for Russia to recover from this.

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        I disagree with the idea that sending weapons doesn’t help

        Well, that’s why I said “doesn’t really turn the tides” instead of “not helping”. Of course the weapons are helpful, but they are not a solution. Ukraine is outnumbered 3.5 to 1, outgunned and in much deeper hole, economically. Surely an F-16 is nice, but they won’t be able to down 3.5 Russian jets each, and, even if they did, they’d still need like 800 of them. HIMARS surely is painful, but it’s not 3.5 times more efficient than BM-30. And so goes to every equipment sent.

        Russia will employ what it always does: ethnic cleansing

        Oh god no, what source do you even have for that claim? The only case I can think of is Crimean Tatar relocation which was quite a fucked up thing to do, but Stalin’s actions are largely condemned in modern Russia. Even *IF * the Russians were to go ethnic cleansing, it would definitely be in Chechnya and Ingushetia first, not in Ukraine. Because, even in the eyes of the most hardline Z folk, Ukraine is not a rabid dog to be put down, it’s more like a dipshit younger brother who deserves his ass getting belted.

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          The weapons have reversed the tide though, Russia’s invasion has been ground to a halt and ever reversed quite a bit.

          Putin has mentioned several times that he wants to return the glory of the soviet era. Also it absolutely is not condemned but glorified, I live next to Russia, we get their state media here.

          As for the ethnic cleansings other than the Tatars and Greeks in Crimea: Koreans in the eastern regions of Russia, Chechens, Ingush, Karapapaks, Karachays, Balkars, Karelians and Meskhetian Turks. I’m sure I’m forgetting a few though, there are too many to remember. Also some of the largest mass graves in recent history were found in the regions of Ukraine where Russia was pushed out.

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    I think for the war to end some kind of terms of peace need to be drafted and ratified by the involved parties.

    It now comes down to how much war is required to achieve such a thing.

    Anti war positions tend to recognize the meat grinder of conscripts is an unnecessary step and promote minimizing the amount of time it needs to run.

    But I am sure there are people expecting or even outright demanding the total capitulation of a nation at war, which is a particularly brutal position to take.

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    To be honest I don’t give a fuck either way. We are going to have the WW3 in a decade at the most. China is preparing to become sanction proof taking notes from Russian fuck ups and dumping US dollars and bringing back anything and everything they can to the mainland. Taiwan will be the new Poland!

    And if the US continue to act like they are in control we all gonna wake up to a ruined world thanks to this pissing contest between 3 counties while we are part any of them.

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    This is false. Russia has not moved 1cm beyond the southern states where Russians live and were being exterminated by Ukrainian forces.

    Putin is not interested in taking all of Ukraine. He could have easily done it by now. Ukrainian army is a joke and virtually non existent now.

    The Russians have only been defending their positions, not moving forward to take new ground.

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        Lol, no mate. I just watch people in the know like former US Army generals and former UN weapons inspectors.

        You know, people who actually know what the hell is going on in real life Vs the crap the news feeds us.

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      The rapist shouldn’t rape the woman, but for fucks sakes don’t pretend the woman is completely blameless for it. The rapist just wanted sex and if she hadn’t fought against it, it wouldn’t be rape

      That’s you.

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      🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😁😂😂😂

      This has to be either a troll account, or the dumbest person alive posting.

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      So you think if one country wants to occupy another country, they should be allowed to without any resistance? How does that make any sense… would you be okay with some foreign country invading and occupying your homeland?

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      When one side doesn’t really want to negotiate (hint: it’s Russia), you have no choice.

      Attack a sovereign country under the guise of denazification (with no proof), then demand they give up several thousand square kilometers of land?

      If you don’t see the flaw in that logic, lemme make it easier for you: If I was your neighbor, and started digging in your garden looking for treasures, and you wouldn’t like it, and I demanded to either keep looking for it or that you give up a meter of your garden, you’d keep fighting aswell.

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      What a fucking concept. Remember, Ukraine was the one that started the actual war,

      Yeah, remember when Russian troops opened up the border with a handshake and a smile? Good times.

      Fuck off.

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      You know, I would refute your arguments, but I grew tired of arguing with trolls and tankies.

      You can’t logic a retard out of an argument he didnt logic himself into.

      Please move to ruzzia so you can be drafted and so we can all see you get droned in 4k

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      I am not for Russia Germany here, because Russia Germany shouldn’t have did that shit, but for fuck’s sake, don’t pretend like Ukraine Poland is completely blameless for THE DEATH OF TONS OF PEOPLE INCLUDING CHILDREN.

      This feels familiar, somehow.

      Anyway, so let’s say Ukraine folds to Russian territorial demands; what happens next? What will stop Russia from repeating the process in the future? Appeasement doesn’t work. France and the UK demonstrated this in 1938 and it how made the Reich stronger and set the stage for the USSR to dominate eastern Europe.

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    With zelensky sending his support to Israel, who is also facing terror at their door step, this is an interesting take…

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        How the heck does supporting Israel prove you are not a Nazi? Your contemporary Nazi loves Israel.

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      I mean, “Uneasy truce is shattered (again) by civilian deaths” isn’t exactly celebratory material. There are only a handful of countries cheering this on, regardless of position on the Palestine issue, and they’re not the kind of company one wishes to be caught with on the international stage.