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You may not agree with his moral choices (clearly, few do, including me), but his actions have been at least rational: https://youtu.be/JrMiSQAGOS4 https://yout

You may not agree with his moral choices (clearly, few do, including me), but his actions have been at least rational: https://youtu.be/JrMiSQAGOS4 https://youtu.be/JrMiSQAGOS4 I don't think that disputes anything you wrote though. Just being additive.

yks 5y ago
They are "rational" only if operating inside of a certain set of axioms, e.g. "NATO is a threat to Russia". I don't think that's a given, NATO was a threat to the communist regime but they didn't care much about modern Russia, that is, until Putin decided to make "being an enemy of NATO" a raison d'être of his regime and, through massive propaganda campaigns, the Russian Federation as a whole.
- colordrops 5y ago
  Russia wanted to be part of NATO and the US didn't allow it.
  - pixl97 5y ago
    With the way Russia behavies with its UN veto power, I can completely understand why.
    - foverzar 5y ago
      Can you elaborate?
      - pixl97 5y ago
        https://www.jstor.org/stable/42743587 https://www.jstor.org/stable/42743587 https://theconversation.com/how-russias-un-vetoes-have-enabled-mass-murder-in-syria-103565 https://theconversation.com/how-russias-un-vetoes-have-enabl... https://reliefweb.int/report/world/does-russia-s-veto-mean-climate-security-security-council-agenda https://reliefweb.int/report/world/does-russia-s-veto-mean-c... https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/02/552362-russia-china-block-security-council-action-use-chemical-weapons-syria https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/02/552362-russia-china-blo... https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-boycott-united-nations-security-council https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-boycott-... Not to say that other countries have not pulled some shit with UN veto power, but it's pretty much a meme with USSR/Russia
    - colordrops 5y ago
      Have you not seen how the US behaves with its UN veto power? They are the most egregious by far. Just look at how often they stand alone regarding Israel/Palestine issues.

yks 5y ago

They are "rational" only if operating inside of a certain set of axioms, e.g. "NATO is a threat to Russia". I don't think that's a given, NATO was a threat to the communist regime but they didn't care much about modern Russia, that is, until Putin decided to make "being an enemy of NATO" a raison d'être of his regime and, through massive propaganda campaigns, the Russian Federation as a whole.

colordrops 5y ago
Russia wanted to be part of NATO and the US didn't allow it.
- pixl97 5y ago
  With the way Russia behavies with its UN veto power, I can completely understand why.
  - foverzar 5y ago
    Can you elaborate?
    - pixl97 5y ago
      https://www.jstor.org/stable/42743587 https://www.jstor.org/stable/42743587 https://theconversation.com/how-russias-un-vetoes-have-enabled-mass-murder-in-syria-103565 https://theconversation.com/how-russias-un-vetoes-have-enabl... https://reliefweb.int/report/world/does-russia-s-veto-mean-climate-security-security-council-agenda https://reliefweb.int/report/world/does-russia-s-veto-mean-c... https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/02/552362-russia-china-block-security-council-action-use-chemical-weapons-syria https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/02/552362-russia-china-blo... https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-boycott-united-nations-security-council https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-boycott-... Not to say that other countries have not pulled some shit with UN veto power, but it's pretty much a meme with USSR/Russia
  - colordrops 5y ago
    Have you not seen how the US behaves with its UN veto power? They are the most egregious by far. Just look at how often they stand alone regarding Israel/Palestine issues.