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[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let's be clear: your claim is that no fighting occurred before Russia's invasion in 2022?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No? That is exactly why I didn't enter a date in my post...

Putte did attack Crimea in 2014, that is what I consider the start of the current conflict.

[–] anaesidemus@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Putte? Is this some language thing or an infantile baby name a la Putler?

The roots of the conflict lie in the illegal dissolution of the Soviet Union

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Putte is a Swedish name that is commonly used to talk down to a person, calling them small, it is similar to Putin, and I like insulting dickheads with imperial dreams.

As for the "illegal" dissolution of the Soviet Union, that is a different discussion and happened 22 years before the invasion of Crimea, and can't be used as an excuse for the invasion in any rational argument based in reality.

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like insulting dickheads with imperial dreams.

Oh, the irony

[–] wildncrazyguy@kbin.social -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pop quiz, what is the largest country in the world by geographical size?

[–] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

"Imperialism is when you own land, I am very smart."

[–] anaesidemus@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

So it's both, got it.

It's not an excuse, it's a cause. It causes regional instability that eventually results in a civil war in 2013 that escalates further in 2022

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If Japan, South Korea or whoever suddenly had a Chinese backed coup and took control of US naval bases in their country, what do you think the US response would be?

Because that's exactly what happened in Ukraine. US backed coup, Russia moves in to Crimea to secure it's black sea naval base.

Is this the first time you are hearing this?

Here's another what if. What if Scotland voted for independence from the UK and became socialist or whatever. Do you think England wouldn't seize is nuclear submarine bases north of Glasgow?

How fucking baby brained are you?