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This is the kind of rhetoric that will end all life on earth. These are all border regions for Russia and NATO was messing with them. Maybe we should stop tryin
by tehjoker 4y ago
This is the kind of rhetoric that will end all life on earth. These are all border regions for Russia and NATO was messing with them. Maybe we should stop trying to dominate the world and other countries will stop freaking out.
Lest we forget, the Iraq war occurred with zero justification half way around the world. Every bad thing you can say about Putin, you can say worse about George W. Bush (who ran a torture program).
The most important thing we can do is come to a peace agreement and an arms reduction agreement.
- leobg 4y agoExactly. False lessons drawn both from Munich and from Cuba. It’s not about whether to “appease” or “not appease”. It’s about understanding your opponent’s motives and allowing him to save face. Kennedy and McNamara knew that, because they both had experienced death and destruction firsthand in WW2. Our generation, on the other hand, only knows flame wars on Reddit. Hence the convenient, black and white rhetoric.
- Mikeb85 4y ago> These are all border regions for Russia and NATO was messing with them. Ukraine isn't a pawn for world powers. They're an independent democracy with the right to choose their own destiny. They were friendly with Russia for decades and got burned. Even Zelenskiy tried to slightly repair relations with Russia and end the war in Donbass. But in the end Russia has shown it's all a façade, their goal has never been to live peacefully with others but rather conquest and genocide.