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>But Chinese rockets hitting Ukrainian kids in Kyiv/Europe? That would trigger dramatic sanctions. Why? We haven't sanctioned the US for the children killed by
by favaq 4y ago
>But Chinese rockets hitting Ukrainian kids in Kyiv/Europe? That would trigger dramatic sanctions.
Why? We haven't sanctioned the US for the children killed by Ukraine with US weapons in the Donbass.
- woodruffw 4y agoRegardless of whatever equivalence you’re trying to make: the US is never going to sanction itself.
- favaq 4y agoI meant the EU, since we are talking in the context of Europe.
- notahacker 4y agoThe EU also tends to look less kindly on military support for the expansion of the Russian empire than military support for European states' self defence. If you're having trouble processing why, a map of Europe may be handy...
- lostmsu 4y agoThere's no empire with current Russia. They have Belarus and stir a few nearby regions. It is just a fascist state angry it can't have more.
- notahacker 4y agoThere's no shortage of aspiration to have the empire though, which is why we're talking about a war in Ukraine and why Poland, the Baltics and Moldova take a much more favourable view of sending weapons to Ukraine than sending them to Russia...
- oleksii88 4y agoWhen exactly did US invade Ukraine? (And at least here at HN you avoid the most obvious propaganda cliches) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_have_you_been_for_eight_years%3F https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_have_you_been_for_eigh...
- matheusmoreira 4y agoNo one in the entire world has the necessary economic leverage to bring the US to its knees by applying economic sanctions to it. Even if they had such leverage, they wouldn't use it since the US will simply declare war and use its military might to end the sanctions. They've sent gunboats to other people's countries for far lesser offenses.