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You should post something of substance to the thread instead of just throwing one linersIf he had done nothing to help, Ukraine would now have a Russian-puppet government like Belarus.
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You should post something of substance to the thread instead of just throwing one linersIf he had done nothing to help, Ukraine would now have a Russian-puppet government like Belarus.
Biden's legacy is 600 thousand dead Ukrainian soldiers, a European security architecture in ruins and a probable genocide in the Middle East (pending adjudication by the ICJ). He has been an awful president.
Fuck RussiaHelping Ukraine would have been not putting them on track to NATO membership - a Russian red line. Helping Ukraine would have been not interfering in their elections by removing from power a democratically elected president in a US sponsored regime change operation (Maidan coup). Helping Ukraine would have been accepting the deal Ukraine had struck with Russia in March of 2022 that would have ended the war right then. So many opportunities, but here we are.
LolI don't really understand the intent behind this expression. Russia is a world power whether you like it or not. They are a nuclear super power and they have legitimate security concerns. If we don't sit down and talk with them, bad things will happen.
The USSR was a world power. The RF is not. Its nuclear arsenal is its only claim to world-power status.Russia is a world power whether you like it or not.
Keeping Ukraine out of NATO is not a legitimate security concern.They are a nuclear super power and they have legitimate security concerns.
Putin isn't concerned with security. He wants to reunite the republic.The Russian Federation is a great power, it might no longer be a super power. But they won't go quietly into the night. This narrative that they don't have legitimate security concerns is perplexing to me.
Putin is responsible for those soldiers' desthsBiden's legacy is 600 thousand dead Ukrainian soldiers, a European security architecture in ruins and a probable genocide in the Middle East (pending adjudication by the ICJ). He has been an awful president.
Keeping Ukraine out of NATO is not a legitimate security concern.The Russian Federation is a great power, it might no longer be a super power. But they won't go quietly into the night. This narrative that they don't have legitimate security concerns is perplexing to me.
You're a Russian stooges.The Soviet Union? No he doesn't. Ukraine has long been a sensitive subject for Russian security. Ask yourself this: if Mexico was on track to join an ostensibly defensive alliance that included Russia and China, and this alliance reserved the right to place intermediate range missiles on Mexican territory, how do you imagine the US would react?
I didn't mention America.No. I love America and all it stands for.
The study of geopolitics shows that NATO is a purely defensive alliance that has never collectively taken any aggressive action.My word. You really need to study geopolitics
Putin is our adversary. He wants America to fail.All I want is peace and an end to war. And you seem like a good person.
Because you're a Russian stooge.I don't believe that at all. He wants to talk to us, he was always very pro-Western. Our policies have caused this mess in Ukraine.
What Putin wants is to make Russia a world power of the first rank once again, like it was when the Communists ruled, like it was when the tsars ruled. And the international community cannot afford to allow that.I don't believe that at all. He wants to talk to us, he was always very pro-Western. Our policies have caused this mess in Ukraine.
Of courseNo I am not. I believe in peace between nations and mutual respect.
Russia already has NATO members on its border -- Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Finland -- and it's just as safe and secure as it was before they joined.You're wrong. If you study the history, you will know that invasions into Russia went via Ukraine. This is incredibly sensitive. NATO on Russia's border has been a non-starter since the collapse of the Soviet Union when the West promised Russia that NATO would not advance one inch to the East. The lack of empathy is astounding to me.
Fuck RussiaYes. But Ukraine is extremely sensitive and if you look at the history you will know why. This lack of understanding of our rivals is what causes problems. Russia has a legitimate security interest in Ukraine. For anyone who studies geopolitics in any depth, this is self-evident.
Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia has been responsible for all deaths resulting from their invasion.I know you're coming from a good place. But the world isn't as black and white as you'd like it to be. There was a deal on the table between Russia and Ukraine in March of 2022 to end the war. It was signed. The US and UK told Ukraine not to do it. And here we are today. We have that blood on our hands.
That is impossible to believe. Zelenskyy has repeatedly ruled out any peace settlement that allows Russia to keep the territory it grabbed in 2014. Did this 2022 deal return Crimea to Ukraine?I know you're coming from a good place. But the world isn't as black and white as you'd like it to be. There was a deal on the table between Russia and Ukraine in March of 2022 to end the war. It was signed. The US and UK told Ukraine not to do it. And here we are today. We have that blood on our hands.
More Russian horseshit. Keep sucking Putin's cock.OK. I am not going to change your mind and that is fine. I'll just say this. If Mexico joined a "defensive" alliance and left open the possibility of installing strategic missiles on its territory, you and I both know what the US would do. Peace out my friend.
You don't have an argument. Russia already has NATO on their border and has actually increased the number of NATO countries and troops because of their actions.You don't address the argument. Insults are not arguments. That's the main problem with political discourse right now
I have empathy.The lack of empathy will be what ends our species and our world. And it won't matter who sucks who's cock. I rarely wade into these political discussions because it's a sad showcase of the shit-show that is our sad, fucked up species.