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What an idiot

ggm 5y ago
Yes, a false cogency. He makes statements which need to be torn down to look at the atoms. 'Must' is used a lot.
mwattsun 5y ago
I posted it because I thought the Russian perspective was worth knowing, not because I agree with it (retweet is not endorsement.) His attitude is pretty frightening actually because he thinks this thing is going to get much bigger. I feel like he is saying they will do whatever it takes to win. If that means attacking a NATO country, so be it. He says NATO is worthless because it doesn't obligate any country to actually go to war for another country in NATO. Not sure that's true, but that's what he says.
- baybal2 5y ago
- NicoJuicy 5y ago
  That's not true, article 5 of NATO - https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm For the Russian perspective, you could visit 1420 on Youtube ( It's in Moscow, so the opinions are more liberal than in rural area's)
  - mwattsun 5y ago
    "Man on the street" interviews are not very interesting. I was referring to the Russian leadership perspective.
    - NicoJuicy 5y ago
      You thought to find a leadership perspective from that? There's plenty of US resources on that, that became available the last months.
      - mwattsun 5y ago
        Right, but he's actually advocating Putin's thinking. He's the next best thing to hearing from Putin himself to my ears. But you're right, there's a lot available. My favorite: https://twitter.com/kamilkazani https://twitter.com/kamilkazani
        NicoJuicy 5y ago
        This is the best one i know of - https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA444-3.html https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA444-3.html It's 180 pages fyi
- ipv6ipv4 5y ago
  Stop and marvel for a moment at the Doublethink he’s displaying. On the one hand he’s claiming that NATO expansion is a threat to Russia that is the reason for the war. On the other hand he’s claiming that article 5 is toothless, ergo NATO is harmless to Russia. I can’t tell if he is genuinely so irrational (like most other Russian thinking on Ukraine as evidenced by events of the war) or if he’s exceedingly cynical.
heneryville 5y ago
Totally. He's watching his house burn down, and is trying to act like it's just another play on the chessboard. I particularly loath how Russian spin keeps trying to make this about being a proxy war with the west. They invaded a country incredibly similar ethnically, linguistically, and culturally to themselves. It's like beating your own kids to spite the step father.

What an idiot

ggm 5y ago

Yes, a false cogency. He makes statements which need to be torn down to look at the atoms. 'Must' is used a lot.

I posted it because I thought the Russian perspective was worth knowing, not because I agree with it (retweet is not endorsement.) His attitude is pretty frightening actually because he thinks this thing is going to get much bigger. I feel like he is saying they will do whatever it takes to win. If that means attacking a NATO country, so be it. He says NATO is worthless because it doesn't obligate any country to actually go to war for another country in NATO. Not sure that's true, but that's what he says.

baybal2 5y ago
NicoJuicy 5y ago
That's not true, article 5 of NATO - https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm For the Russian perspective, you could visit 1420 on Youtube ( It's in Moscow, so the opinions are more liberal than in rural area's)
- mwattsun 5y ago
  "Man on the street" interviews are not very interesting. I was referring to the Russian leadership perspective.
  - NicoJuicy 5y ago
    You thought to find a leadership perspective from that? There's plenty of US resources on that, that became available the last months.
    - mwattsun 5y ago
      Right, but he's actually advocating Putin's thinking. He's the next best thing to hearing from Putin himself to my ears. But you're right, there's a lot available. My favorite: https://twitter.com/kamilkazani https://twitter.com/kamilkazani
      - NicoJuicy 5y ago
        This is the best one i know of - https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA444-3.html https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA444-3.html It's 180 pages fyi
ipv6ipv4 5y ago
Stop and marvel for a moment at the Doublethink he’s displaying. On the one hand he’s claiming that NATO expansion is a threat to Russia that is the reason for the war. On the other hand he’s claiming that article 5 is toothless, ergo NATO is harmless to Russia. I can’t tell if he is genuinely so irrational (like most other Russian thinking on Ukraine as evidenced by events of the war) or if he’s exceedingly cynical.

heneryville 5y ago

Totally. He's watching his house burn down, and is trying to act like it's just another play on the chessboard. I particularly loath how Russian spin keeps trying to make this about being a proxy war with the west. They invaded a country incredibly similar ethnically, linguistically, and culturally to themselves. It's like beating your own kids to spite the step father.