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>being the aggressor in most of their incidents is not a good look Aggression is very much narrative based. There are very few conflicts in real life that didn
by pydry 4y ago
>being the aggressor in most of their incidents is not a good look
Aggression is very much narrative based. There are very few conflicts in real life that didnt involve an extremely long chain of provocations and counter provocations with each side playing down their own provocations and playing up the other's. In this sense nobody is 'truly' an aggressor when they tell their own story.
In the case of America's unbridled aggression against Afghanistan there was 90% public support & 55% in iraq so apparently sometimes the look of unbridled aggression is good. I dont know why we'd expect the Russian public to be full of hippy peaceniks when our aggressive imperialism can enjoy such widespread support.
Western media might not be state controlled but it is all essentially controlled by a very limited number set of oligarchic power centers vying for power. The net effect is pretty similar. The example given here, is, in any case state controlled - the BBC is essentially little more than a western RT since david kelly.
- nyokodo 4y ago> America's unbridled aggression against Afghanistan there was 90% public support To characterize the US invasion of Afghanistan as “unbridled aggression” is a gross misrepresentation to the point of being a sign of unreasonable partisanship at the very least. The reason it had 90% public support as well as participation from NATO and other US allies is because there was proof that Afghanistan was a state sponsor of the 9/11 attacks on US soil. A military response was warranted which precludes “unbridled aggression” as a description by any good faith commentary. Criticism of the strategy of occupation and regime change as containing aspects of aggression, that is definitely reasonable.
- pydry 4y ago>To characterize the US invasion of Afghanistan as “unbridled aggression” is a gross misrepresentation to the point of being a sign of unreasonable partisanship Americans are not typically aware of it (this is relevant to what I said about our provocations being downplayed), but the Taliban offered to hand UBL over if we supplied evidence of his guilt and put him on trial in a neutral country. Meanwhile, if you take your righteous indignation about what I said about Afghanistan you will have a template of a rough idea of how the average Russian feels about Ukraine. Were you born in Russia your views would probably align.
- ProjectArcturis 4y agoThe Taliban's offer was obviously not in good faith. They were playing for time, and would never have handed over Bin Laden no matter what proof we showed them.