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Why are Russian soldiers being shot with US guns?

watwut 4y ago
Because they invaded Ukraine and are comiting the genocide there. Ukraine keeps asking for help and US did actually provided them guns. US are the good guys here.
- flandish 4y ago
  Profit. It’s profit. It always is. US guns got there first. For profit. Modern wars “helped” by the US are always about using humans for profit.
  - watwut 4y ago
    No, they did not. Russia is aggressor here and they did attacked here. USA made mistake when they pressured Ukraine to give up atomic bombs and when it prioritized Russian interest over interest of other Eastern European nations. But that is history now.
    - flandish 4y ago
      Note, I made no indication of aggressor. But there is no denying that war is useful for profit and capitalism is always happy to profit.
- w14 4y ago
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  - watwut 4y ago
    No, you are just lying about what happened in Ukraine. Russia is quiet unambiguously the worst here. Maidan was valid thing to do and made Ukraine better. Ukrainians have right to reject being Russian puppet state. Russia broke Minsk agreements and entered into bad faith agreements, that part if rifht. DPR and LPR were under Russian government despite pretending to be separatists. And even if this was not the case, it does not excuses genocide and attempt to annex Ukraine.
  - ethanbond 4y ago
    Just to be clear, the coup was triggered when the leader of Ukraine reneged on prior commitments and overwhelming public and parliamentary support to align with the EU. The current leader of Ukraine was elected in a landslide victory that the Russian-aligned opposition himself called completely fair. “Attacks on DPR and LPR” are hard to disaggregate from the various Russian military forces that “volunteered” to go occupy neighboring territory on the basis of their shared language (like Mexico sending cartels to the US southwest to protect Spanish-speakers and those of Hispanic descent).
- slaw 4y ago
  Because Russia was collapsing, Putin felt threatened by NATO surrounding Russia and thought it is good idea to collapse Ukraine too.
  - sebazzz 4y ago
    I wonder if we can say that collapse is self-inflicted. Would it have happened if Russia went to be a more open and democratic society instead? Would it be more like the east European countries where a lot of labour is nearsourced?

Because they invaded Ukraine and are comiting the genocide there. Ukraine keeps asking for help and US did actually provided them guns. US are the good guys here.

flandish 4y ago
Profit. It’s profit. It always is. US guns got there first. For profit. Modern wars “helped” by the US are always about using humans for profit.
- watwut 4y ago
  No, they did not. Russia is aggressor here and they did attacked here. USA made mistake when they pressured Ukraine to give up atomic bombs and when it prioritized Russian interest over interest of other Eastern European nations. But that is history now.
  - flandish 4y ago
    Note, I made no indication of aggressor. But there is no denying that war is useful for profit and capitalism is always happy to profit.
w14 4y ago
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- watwut 4y ago
  No, you are just lying about what happened in Ukraine. Russia is quiet unambiguously the worst here. Maidan was valid thing to do and made Ukraine better. Ukrainians have right to reject being Russian puppet state. Russia broke Minsk agreements and entered into bad faith agreements, that part if rifht. DPR and LPR were under Russian government despite pretending to be separatists. And even if this was not the case, it does not excuses genocide and attempt to annex Ukraine.
- ethanbond 4y ago
  Just to be clear, the coup was triggered when the leader of Ukraine reneged on prior commitments and overwhelming public and parliamentary support to align with the EU. The current leader of Ukraine was elected in a landslide victory that the Russian-aligned opposition himself called completely fair. “Attacks on DPR and LPR” are hard to disaggregate from the various Russian military forces that “volunteered” to go occupy neighboring territory on the basis of their shared language (like Mexico sending cartels to the US southwest to protect Spanish-speakers and those of Hispanic descent).
slaw 4y ago
Because Russia was collapsing, Putin felt threatened by NATO surrounding Russia and thought it is good idea to collapse Ukraine too.
- sebazzz 4y ago
  I wonder if we can say that collapse is self-inflicted. Would it have happened if Russia went to be a more open and democratic society instead? Would it be more like the east European countries where a lot of labour is nearsourced?