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I don’t think taking security advice from an economist that also happens to fly in the face of all the security experts is really what we need at the moment. W
by mhoad 5y ago
I don’t think taking security advice from an economist that also happens to fly in the face of all the security experts is really what we need at the moment.
We now have huge amounts of evidence that appeasement as a strategy in general doesn’t go well with dictators and we have a huge amount of evidence that appeasement doesn’t work in particular with this exact dictator.
It’s a bad idea and I would even argue an immoral one.
- boffinAudio 5y agoWe equally have huge amounts of evidence that NATO aggression leads to turmoil and chaos. Those paying attention to NATO's wars over the last twenty years see the writing on the wall, very clearly. Iraq lost 5% of its population to NATO members' aggression .. NATO never prosecutes its war criminals, and neutralizes anyone who points out the very real evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity. If you're not factoring this into your assessment of the Russians' position, you're doing yourself - and anyone who reads your point of view - a massive disservice, and should remove any references to 'morality', since it is clearly deficient in your argument.
- funcDropShadow 5y agoNATO did not wage war in Iraq, it was the USA and the coalition of the willing. On the other hand NATO did engage in Afghanistan.
- boffinAudio 5y agoNATO bases were used to wage war on Iraq. War on Iraq wouldn't have happened if NATO bases weren't entirely supportive of the effort. Allied Command Europe played a major role in supporting those NATO member states "threatened" by the conflict. This disingenuous attempt at defending NATO's honor with regards to crimes against humanity and war crimes committed under its purview is ineffective in light of the endless streams of human beings still out there, still living in refuge from America's and NATO's wars. YOU may not like to admit it, but there are millions and millions of INNOCENT people out there for whom NATO and its membership is very, very definitely an aggressor.
- funcDropShadow 5y agoI was talking about the conflict with Hussein led Iraq. Not the later situation with ISIS and others.
- boffinAudio 5y agoThe distinction you are trying to make is very glib. Iraq lost 5% of its population to aggression from NATO member states in the last 20 years.