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[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wouldn't trust NATO. They should have been dissolved decades ago

[–] Tuscy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder how many nato politicians are in the Epstein list or something parallel to that.

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

My money is on all of them

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca -5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Right. Putin would love it if NATO didn't exist, because then there would be nothing stopping him from expanding the Russian empire all the way to the Atlantic.

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Let us know when Russia has 900 military bases around the world

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They don't need 900 military bases around the world to invade their neighbors and steal their land.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Whataboutism. I'll take you seriously when I see you as invested in Western imperialism as you are now.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

"Whataboutism" is when you try and change the subject. Like, when someone says "Russia likes to invade their neighbors", and the response is, "whatabout the US having 900 bases around the world?"

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

No, what about is keeping quiet while your country does it but then scream "what about the russian savages".

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

First of all...not "my country".

Second...that's not how this conversation went. We're in a post that is talking about the Russia / Ukraine invasion. Calling it what it is, is not "whataboutism". It is directly addressing the topic at hand.

"Whataboutism", is trying to distract from that, with all the "US bad" misdirections. Yeah. We all know the US is bad. No one is disputing that. But Russia can't just dictate how Ukraine defends itself, especially when Russia is the one attacking them.

If someone was punching you in the face, and told you they'd only stop if you dropped your guard...would you?

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What about the entirety of the European army? What about simple reality? Do you think that just because the West is expansive and invasive like cancer that Russia necessarily will be that way? You understand how the war in Ukraine took place and how America couped them, right? That Ukraine is in everything but name (but even in the theatrics you can see it) an American proxy state? Is that why others also fear China, because they associate capacity for murder and power to bloodthirst and amorality since that's all they know?

[–] Tuscy@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

Ukraine is an Israel proxy. Might not make sense yet but just wait.

[–] Flying_Lynx@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We, on the other hand, don't accept Russian troops in a sovereign Ukraine. And actually don't accept Putin in general.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Luckily your opinion doesn't have any effect on reality and your governments are puppet States so nothing will change.

[–] Flying_Lynx@lemmy.ml -1 points 17 hours ago

Perhaps not. But the reality is that Russia sucks at all levels and tries really hard to stay relevant by behaving like raging idiots.

[–] Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 21 hours ago

Damn, Russia somehow didn't account for that. Guess more war is in order.