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That's what I thought right up until Russia invaded Ukraine. I couldn't believe it happened for 3 days. Nah, as long as there's humans around, you better be ar
by jotm 4y ago
That's what I thought right up until Russia invaded Ukraine. I couldn't believe it happened for 3 days.
Nah, as long as there's humans around, you better be armed and trained. Vicious animals, you never know when they'll decide to rape then kill you.
- argsll 4y agoI agree that in this decade the invasion was unexpected. I couldn't believe it either until I read up on the history of the region. In the 2000s, many nations (including Ukraine!) supported the second Iraq war that was motivated by the known false accusation of WMD presence in Iraq: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_of_the_willing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_of_the_willing
- yesenadam 4y ago> In the 2000s, many nations (including Ukraine!) supported the second Iraq war The leaders supported it, but I'm not sure the people in those nations did. The protests were huge and worldwide, even before the invasion started. This page makes inspiring reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_Iraq_War
- nightski 4y agoWeird, to me it was pretty obvious for weeks if not months what was going to happen. I actually was not surprised at all when it did. Very disappointed, but not surprised. If you are in the U.S. it's probably easy sitting on top of the world economically wondering why people fight. That's what I find amusing about HN. Life is great making $300k/year at FAANG. Why do people fight?
- jotm 4y agoThink again, this is happening right at the border for me.