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The west tried to blow up the van allen belts with a nuke in operation starfish prime. Give it a break. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime https://en

The west tried to blow up the van allen belts with a nuke in operation starfish prime. Give it a break. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime

LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
Not to forget littering space with needles, some of which are still up there! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_West_Ford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_West_Ford
1121redblackgo 5y ago
Its worth noting that Starfish Prime happened in 1962. The Malaysia airlines flight, annexation of Crimea, election tampering, et al. happened in the 2010s.
- tehjoker 5y ago
  Substantial election tampering has not ever been proven, only minor instances that are laughable compared to e.g. Bill Clinton helping install Boris Yeltsin in the 90s. I'm not aware that MA370 has a known cause of disappearance. Crimea is a symptom of western NATO expansion and the funding of the color revolution in the Ukraine. It's not pleasant, but imagine if China interfered in Mexico and blocked off the gulf, I imagine the US would invade.
  - dvsfish 5y ago
    MA370 doesn't really have anything to do with the russians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17 this however does.
  - avmich 5y ago
    > Substantial election tampering has not ever been proven That's what Putin would say. We're not talking math here, so "proven" can be more subjective. > I'm not aware that MA370 has a known cause of disappearance. Same thing. "You can pee into his eyes, and he'll still say it's God's dew". Somebody just won't admit he's wrong, no matter what. Of course we're talking about the MA17. > Crimea is a symptom of western NATO expansion and the funding of the color revolution in the Ukraine. It's not pleasant, but imagine if China interfered in Mexico and blocked off the gulf, I imagine the US would invade. Exhibition A of whataboutism and propaganda of "imperialistic war mongering", Soviet style.
dvt 5y ago
I grew up in the Eastern Bloc, give me a break. It's tiring being patronized by wealthy liberal Americans continually arguing how Russia isn't really that bad.
- tehjoker 5y ago
  Then you should be well aware of the triteness of such accusations.
- boringg 5y ago
  I agree with you. There are certain parts of the US population that really don't understand what autocratic countries are really like or don't care. They seem to think the US is an autocracy or really close to it but have no real understanding. Its mind bending how daft those groups can be.
- Mikeb85 5y ago
  And plenty of self-hating Slavs/Easterners from former Soviet countries who don't realize that it's not the 1990's anymore as they've never been back. Hell, my SO left her home country because of a lack of economic opportunity; now we're moving to her home country because of better economic opportunity. Things change.
  - kspacewalk2 5y ago
    Man, most Eastern Europe wishes it was the 1990s when it comes to Russian aggression, since it was mostly absent (aside from Moldova in 1992 and the ethnic cleansing of Georgian majority in Abkhazia in 1993, but that's not well known even in Eastern Europe). If ever there was a wrong decade to use in your comment.
    - Mikeb85 5y ago
      Yes, I'm sure they all wish they were still in the largest recessionary/depressionary period in modern history. Things are much better now, objectively.
  - 5y ago
panzagl 5y ago
We also filled an orbit with copper needles. But that was over 50 years ago, and we stopped doing it...

The west tried to blow up the van allen belts with a nuke in operation starfish prime. Give it a break. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime

LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago

Not to forget littering space with needles, some of which are still up there! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_West_Ford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_West_Ford

1121redblackgo 5y ago

Its worth noting that Starfish Prime happened in 1962. The Malaysia airlines flight, annexation of Crimea, election tampering, et al. happened in the 2010s.

tehjoker 5y ago
Substantial election tampering has not ever been proven, only minor instances that are laughable compared to e.g. Bill Clinton helping install Boris Yeltsin in the 90s. I'm not aware that MA370 has a known cause of disappearance. Crimea is a symptom of western NATO expansion and the funding of the color revolution in the Ukraine. It's not pleasant, but imagine if China interfered in Mexico and blocked off the gulf, I imagine the US would invade.
- dvsfish 5y ago
  MA370 doesn't really have anything to do with the russians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17 this however does.
- avmich 5y ago
  > Substantial election tampering has not ever been proven That's what Putin would say. We're not talking math here, so "proven" can be more subjective. > I'm not aware that MA370 has a known cause of disappearance. Same thing. "You can pee into his eyes, and he'll still say it's God's dew". Somebody just won't admit he's wrong, no matter what. Of course we're talking about the MA17. > Crimea is a symptom of western NATO expansion and the funding of the color revolution in the Ukraine. It's not pleasant, but imagine if China interfered in Mexico and blocked off the gulf, I imagine the US would invade. Exhibition A of whataboutism and propaganda of "imperialistic war mongering", Soviet style.

dvt 5y ago

I grew up in the Eastern Bloc, give me a break. It's tiring being patronized by wealthy liberal Americans continually arguing how Russia isn't really that bad.

tehjoker 5y ago
Then you should be well aware of the triteness of such accusations.
boringg 5y ago
I agree with you. There are certain parts of the US population that really don't understand what autocratic countries are really like or don't care. They seem to think the US is an autocracy or really close to it but have no real understanding. Its mind bending how daft those groups can be.
Mikeb85 5y ago
And plenty of self-hating Slavs/Easterners from former Soviet countries who don't realize that it's not the 1990's anymore as they've never been back. Hell, my SO left her home country because of a lack of economic opportunity; now we're moving to her home country because of better economic opportunity. Things change.
- kspacewalk2 5y ago
  Man, most Eastern Europe wishes it was the 1990s when it comes to Russian aggression, since it was mostly absent (aside from Moldova in 1992 and the ethnic cleansing of Georgian majority in Abkhazia in 1993, but that's not well known even in Eastern Europe). If ever there was a wrong decade to use in your comment.
  - Mikeb85 5y ago
    Yes, I'm sure they all wish they were still in the largest recessionary/depressionary period in modern history. Things are much better now, objectively.
- 5y ago

panzagl 5y ago

We also filled an orbit with copper needles. But that was over 50 years ago, and we stopped doing it...