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The soviet union illegally and unprovoked invaded Finland in 1939 and conquered territory. Then: On 22 June 1941, Germany launched an invasion of the Soviet Un
by hypertele-Xii 5y ago
The soviet union illegally and unprovoked invaded Finland in 1939 and conquered territory. Then:
On 22 June 1941, Germany launched an invasion of the Soviet Union. Three days later, the Soviet Union conducted an air raid on Finnish cities, prompting Finland to declare war and allow German troops stationed in Finland to begin offensive warfare. By September 1941, Finland had regained its post–Winter War concessions to the Soviet Union: the Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia. However, the Finnish Army continued the offensive past the pre-1939 border during the conquest of East Karelia, including Petrozavodsk, and halted only around 30–32 km (19–20 mi) from the centre of Leningrad. It participated in besieging the city by cutting the northern supply routes and by digging in until 1944.
So the war you are talking about started with, again, the soviet union bombing Finland. We got hella mad and pushed them back, reclaiming our lost territories. Did we march further into russia than we needed to? Sure. Was there precedent? Absolutely. Am I a bigot for hating russians? Fuck no.
Some prisoners of war dying of malnutrition or disease is hardly an evil act from a tiny nation of farmers struggling to feed themselves while fighting to survive invasion from russia.
- inkyoto 5y ago> The soviet union illegally and unprovoked invaded Finland in 1939 and conquered territory. The Soviet invasion of Finland in 1940? Yes, it was absolutely illegal, and I irrevocably concede with that fact. Finnish alliance with Nazi Germany to regain previously and forcibly ceded territories? Yes, I [can] accept that. Selective ethnic cleansing specifically targeting the ethnic Russians purely on the pretext of Karelia being the cradle of Kalevala and of the nation? Hardly so – for it is an attempt to impose and extend a sense of collective guilt upon an entire ethnic group of people for the misdeeds of their leadership they may not have agreed with. I also note that you have evaded to provide any evidence to back up your prior statement being «Less than a hundred years ago russians marched into my country and tried to murder every man and rape every woman». Strong statements require strong evidence. The human history is full of highly unpleasant truths, but – to be able to arrive at an objective assessment of any historical situation – one has to immerse themselves in each side of the story, no matter how unpleasant it is/was. Cherry picking truths that selectively suit or support one side of the story is not an option in such a case.
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoI'm not your history teacher, go read a book. If you don't know what happens to the women and children after soviets invade your country then you'll surely be shortly educated.
- inkyoto 5y ago> Some prisoners of war dying of malnutrition or disease is hardly an evil act from a tiny nation of farmers struggling to feed themselves while fighting to survive invasion from russia. Lastly, you are confusing who was invading whom in 1941-44 as well as who was starving whom, intentionally or not. There is also a major logical fallacy in your reasoning of «when ABC invades my homeland, the ABC are bad; but when my people being "a tiny nation of farmers struggling to feed themselves" invade ABC in a retaliation, rightfully or not, and intern and starve women, elderly and children of ABC, that is acceptable because it is a small price to pay for what heinous things the people of ABC had previously done to my people». There has been no right party in any invasion over the course of the entire human history.
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoWhat's the major logical fallacy?