matrixman124

Russia won't nuke itself because that is what nuking Ukraine would do lol

I still don't think Putin is that dumb.

History repeats

Italy has elected Giorgia Meloni as Prime Minister, the first female Prime Minister of Italy. She also seems to be a fascist. Here is a decent primer on Meloni and her ties to essentially the descendent parties of the Italian Fascist Party. And you bet your ass, MAGA Republicans are celebrating this and the recent far right wins in Sweden. They want the US to be next.

Austin Butler was Elvis personified definitely. The first half of the movie was breakneck pacing, almost like it was afraid it was going to lose its audience. But once he gets back from Germany, holy shit it gets really good. Really tragic.

There are too many jobs that aren't paid a livable wage. Not enough jobs with a livable wage.

The issue here is that the arguments being put forth suggest that we are blissfully ignorant or complicit with the many US war crimes and are hypocritically giving the west a pass while wagging our finger at Russia. And it completely ignores that both sides have committed atrocities. Yes, the US has staged coups against socialist LATAM leaders. The USSR invaded Afghanistan. We invaded Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. We all universally believe that this is all wrong. Russia had no right and no good reason to invade. Just like the western states had no right. Period.

Yeah it's the equivalent of burning down the fields and salting the earth.

That's what it should be for. But this is more like exploiting a loophole

That's why I suspect its specifically to go after labor. Bezos and Schultz probably made a few calls.

Yeah it could lead to that. Because the GOP are fascists.

I don't think Zelenskyy could very well just flipped to a more neutral position because of NATO. He certainly didn't want Russia to invade.

Because that is NOT what is motivating Russia.

The fact that you think Russia will stop being an aggressor is pretty hilarious to me.

Here is the problem: Russia won't want peace as long as Ukraine is a western puppet, the west won't want peace as long as Ukraine is a Russian puppet. That is what we call a conundrum.

LOL picking and choosing I see

My guy, you literally talked about Ukrainians wanting Russia to help them. From Day 1, Putin has said he's invading to liberate the Russians in Ukraine. But that is not his actual goal. You are just eating up his bullshit.

Well Russia certainly doesn't want peace lol

Bruh Russia did an invasion.

Russia and the west have both caused their share of damage. But an outright invasion and war will always cause more long-term death and destruction than any other political subterfuge and conflicts.

My guy, Russia is not invading Ukraine to help the Russians in Ukraine. It's invading Ukraine because it wants Ukraine to be its own puppet state.

"Welp Russia already invaded, no crying over spilled milk" My guy, they shouldn't just be able to take the parts of Ukraine they occupied. That is enabling Russia to take more land the next time they want to invade a country. Nobody should invade another sovereign nation or encourage a coup to replace the lawfully elected government. Nobody should get away with it either.

Ukraine isn't going to invade Russia. Nobody was going to invade Russia. Therefore you just maintain the border. You don't start a war that gets your own people and Ukrainians killed.

So a truly unbiased take on this would be to take both sides into account. And I have done that - I acknowledge that Ukraine is a US proxy instead of a Russia proxy (it'll always be one or the other). I acknowledge that the west AND Russia have both been escalating tensions over the border for years. And guess what? Russia is still actively invading another sovereign country and committing war crimes. This does not absolve them of anything. The west shouldn't have backed the 2014 coup either but that doesn't make the invasion okay.

The idea that the west's role in this absolves Russia of all responsibility is pretty hilarious. The US and Russia are both bad right? But see one of them is helping Ukraine to defend itself and the other one is trying to take Ukraine. There is a difference here.