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The similarity is that the both the Russians and the Taliban do not allow for self-determination by the citizenry.
by rectang 5y ago
The similarity is that the both the Russians and the Taliban do not allow for self-determination by the citizenry.
- basementcat 5y agoI’m sure if you ask public servants in Afghanistan and Russia, they’ll both agree that they have the overwhelming support of the citizenry and any statements to the contrary are obviously lies.
- tim333 5y agoI'm not sure what your point is there.
- 8note 5y agoRussia argues that it's defending the self determination of ethnic Russians in the Ukraine. Maintaining the current borders does not advocate for self determination. War might not either, but the Ukraine isn't going to give up that land peacefully
- rectang 5y agoFirst, it's not exactly clear that those ethnic Russian regions wish to be ruled by the Russian state. Second, Russia is in the midst of a full-blown invasion of all of Ukraine, and Putin has claimed that all Ukrainians are in fact Russians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Historical_Unity_of_Russians_and_Ukrainians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Historical_Unity_of_Rus...