i doubt that they have to care; the entire western world is looking the other way while pretending that it's not happening no matter what they do or say.

it's only a VERY few "malcontents" that are doing anything and they're powerless against the systems that they're a part of.

[–] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago

Greater Israel = Third Reich

[+] MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de -20 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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[–] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No it doesn't mean that, but interesting that this Nazi trivialization comes from a German instance

[–] asdasd201@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

.de

Of course a kraut is going to be a Russophobe. You guys dgaf about Ukrainians, you just want to b!tch and moan about your internalized Russia hate.

[+] MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de -7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Raging fury and nothing but negativity.. Who has internalized hate?

[–] asdasd201@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So that means I am right about your Russophobia, correct?

[+] MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de -8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No I do not suffer from a phobia against Russians, or I'm not aware of that. Actually, the most 'Russophobic' thing one could do is support a regime that sends thousands of its young men to die in a neighbor territory and isolates the country from the global economy. I am not against Russians in general, I am against the policies that are currently destroying Russia's reputation and its future.

[–] asdasd201@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

So you think the isolation of Russia is caused by Putin's policies and not the NATO's constant aggression against Russian sovereignty since they didn't bend over to them like the rest of the ex-western Warsaw Pact countries?

Also, what are your thoughts about Ukraine literally kidnapping and sending their thousands of unwilling men, be them young or old, to the warzones?

[–] MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The isolation Russia is a direct response to the 2022 invasion. Before that, Russia was a member of the G8, a massive / main energy partner to Europe, and widely integrated into the global economy. Those bonds where cut after the invasion, not before.

Regarding you second question: I don't see many other options for the Ukrainian government. The tragedy of forced mobilization on both sides is clear, but the responsibility for that tragedy is by the party that made mobilization necessary in the first place.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

but the responsibility for that tragedy is by the party that made mobilization necessary in the first place.

then the question becomes do you blame the ukrainian far right government for shelling the separatists in the east of the country gaza style for wanting to succeed from ukraine over their fascist behavior or do you blame nato for breaking its promised against encroachment.

[–] MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de -2 points 3 weeks ago

Equating the Donbas conflict to Gaza ignores the presence of Russian regular forces and proxies documented since 2014 or so. Ukraine was defending its borders against an insurgency backed by a foreign power. In this localized conflict both sides broke ceasefires multiple times.

Why is the encroachment story a reason for invasion? This move actually pushed Finnland in to Nato. If the invasion should have been a move against Nato it wasn't a smart one

[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, yes. Of course they're worse at being nazis, since they are not nazis. But then the question becomes, who would see being nazis as desireable?

[–] MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

No idea, but lot of "leaders" nowerdays aim in to that direction. So there must be something I can not see..

[–] aGlassDarkly@piefed.zip 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like we could save a word and just change “forward defense” to “invasion.”

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Seriously, the way these people manipulate language is almost impressive in its fucked uppedness

[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It’s not rape, it’s surprise sex!

It’s not a scam, it’s an aggressive investment opportunity!

It’s not stealing, it’s involuntary asset redistribution!

It’s not propaganda, it’s morale enhancement!

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Is it still called the IDF if they're invading occupying and killing?

[–] NewDark@lemmy.today 29 points 3 weeks ago

That's been the entire country's history sooo...?

[–] jasoman@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Obviously this land was given to them by god. They are just reclaiming it.

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Lebanon was dragged into the war on March 2, when Hezbollah opened fire in support of Tehran, prompting an Israeli offensive that has killed more than 2,100 people, ⁠including 177 children, and forced more than 1.2 million to flee, Lebanese authorities say.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

After attacking Lebanon multiple times, after committing anti semitic occupation of Palestinians for over 50 years, after committing genocide, and after bombing Iran for no reason, they bombed Lebanon during a cease fire.

Fuck Israel

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

Reuters can also get fucked

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I haven't asked up until now but what the fuck is the Levanese government's problem, they're such useless assholes

[–] Count042@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They're intentionally set up to be unable to resist Israel.

Hezbollah is designed to fight israeli aggression.

The Lebanese army will never be able to fight hezbollah, because of the two above sentences.

[–] BillMangionee@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

Trying to avoid another horrible civil war instigated by the Israelis + leaders are enjoying/profiting off Shia rivals being abused for fighting the occupation. Lebanon is a crabs in a barrel situation thanks to the Brits and French.

[–] Thesilverpig@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As a percentage or land area total?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

as a percentage of land

[–] quips@slrpnk.net -3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

How could this possibly be true?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 weeks ago

[–] pelikan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I guess the headline refers to percentages, since the territory of Crimea alone is more than twice the size of entire Lebanon.

[–] quips@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah exactly

[–] zealouscurmedgeon@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Lebanon would have had to have launched a land reclamation campaign big enough to make the Dutch look like amateurs or made their own Greater Lebanon for the headline to have been in anything other than percentages.