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Man, there is some heavy semantic distortion happening in this subthread. To make sense of the NATO narrative: "Western" = "Ukrainian" "DNR/LNR" = "Russia" "

by D_Alex 4y ago

Man, there is some heavy semantic distortion happening in this subthread. To make sense of the NATO narrative: "Western" = "Ukrainian" "DNR/LNR" = "Russia" "Threat" = "aggression" Next, we will be "warmongering" = "peacemaking". Oh wait, this is already a thing. Along with "ignorance" = "strength".

vel0city 4y ago
DNR/LNR isn't in Russia though, it's Ukraine according to treaties Russia agreed to. Same thing with Crimea. Next thing I know you're going to tell me Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia is a real, sovereign country and totally not just Russia invading a neighbor.
- D_Alex 4y ago
  >DNR/LNR isn't in Russia though Not sure of you are agreeing with what I said above, or disagreeing. Can you re-read the thread carefully and clarify?
- D_Alex 4y ago
  >Next thing I know you're going to tell me Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia is a real, sovereign country and totally not just Russia invading a neighbor. Well, I had to look this up on Wikipedia, but in a nutshell, that is roughly correct. To be precise, Abkhazia is a de facto independent state, and has been since the Georgian-Abkhaz war of 1992. Russia only recognised its independence in 2008, probably in response to Georgia's plans to join NATO.