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I mean it's war don't pretend like there are rules. You invade someone they shoot whatever they have at you.
Why are you so pro-Ukrainian and pro-imperialist in the implications of your comments? Why don’t you say what you mean with your full chest instead of weaseling around the edges?
For someone who is beyond partisan, neutrality looks like bias
If you are so confident in your neutrality and correctness, why do you use an alt to post in controversial threads every couple weeks and that's it? Why not post on main? I always post on main because I'm always on the correct side, the anti-imperialist side, and I have no shame and no need to conceal my views.
Some people have a life you know. Keep simping for your favorite neoliberal I guess
Your entire comment history is just shitheaded liberalism after shitheaded liberalism. Denying that the west genocides Muslims and Arabs, gleefully gloating over Palestinians mourning and Iranian leaders being assassinated, getting all riled up about Putler. It's just a cavalcade of complete western NATOid nonsense and inappropriate disrespectful chauvinism. You are pathetic
Yes you are so above it all. Imperialism? Anti-imperialism? It’s all so beneath you, the one true western leftist who judges all mankind
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Yeah, the rules of the mighty. Don't pretend warring nations respect rules that'd keep them from victory
Alright so just to be clear you won’t complain if Russia uses a tactical nuke or wipes out Ukrainian leadership or strikes NATO territory directly - after all there are no rules.
Or are there only “no rules” for the west?
You don’t get to decide what is a big deal and what isn’t. Russia does. And they think it’s a big deal. So your rationalizing and downplaying of it is irrelevant and purely for your own comfort
Yes, with your own capabilities, as Ukraine has done up until now with drone attacks, in which they are fully in control of. These long range NATO weapons, in ATACMS and Storm Shadow/SCALP, require NATO personnel to input the targeting information. In other words, NATO military members are directly particating in an attack against Russia within Russia's internationally recognised borders. That is a massive escalation.