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[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I know Americans love to speak about race all day, but Russian aggression 500km from your home is more concerning than American aggression 5.000km, including an ocean, away. Especially when Russia already was preparing to claim the next land (baltics, even Poland and Finland).

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Russia already was preparing to claim the next land (baltics, even Poland and Finland)

Tell me: what are the reasons Russia would want to invade Poland or Finland?

Russian aggression 500km from your home is more concerning than American aggression 5.000km

Europe actively joined in bombing Yugoslavia. The problem is never about distance to home, it's about how to be servile to the Yanks.

[–] Tja@programming.dev -1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Europe wasn't targeting civilians and trying to annex Yugoslavia. Guess what?

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah yeah every European war is awesome and epic, unlike Russia who purposefully murders civilians all day despite having a much, much, much lower civilian kill rate in Ukraine than NATO in Iraq.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Iraq wasn't nato, it was US and UK. European wars are a mixed bag, like most countries. Russia does murder civilians all day, the thing is Ukraine has much better defenses than Iraq.

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Iraq wasn't NATO, it was just a coalition made entirely of NATO nations :D

And Russians are bloodthirsty hordes looking to murder civilians. Your country's Nazi legacy is poking out when you speak like that

[–] Tja@programming.dev 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, fun! It was also a coalition of nations starting with the letter U. Now your turn!

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

NATO Training Mission - Iraq:

Tell me how many of the countries involved don't start with U

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 10 hours ago

In this training exercise? Oh, let me see...

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That might make sense if the EU just didn't acknowledge the American aggression. But they did acknowledge it and doubled down on supporting the US, and how "Venezuela/Cuba/Iran deserved it, actually." Sure seems like they're only against Russian aggression because it affects them, and they're completely supportive of white aggression against everyone else.

[–] Tja@programming.dev -2 points 21 hours ago

Supporting or acknowledging the facts and calling for calm?