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> I don't see this kind of skepticism anymore. Everyone able to make a rational decision can see Russia are are the sole cause of this war. If Russia decided t
by phatfish 4y ago
> I don't see this kind of skepticism anymore.
Everyone able to make a rational decision can see Russia are are the sole cause of this war. If Russia decided to leave Ukrainian territory tomorrow, the war would end tomorrow, and Ukrainians could get on with their lives in peace, and the stolen children hopefully get to go home.
This is the same as rational people being able to see that the United States was wrong to invade Iraq in the second Gulf War. Fake weapons of mass destruction. David Kelly the British scientist forced to lie by Tony Blair who goes on to commit suicide, it was a dark time.
The information I got about the Iraq war at the time was from the "mainstream media", by the way.
Just because the US (and the UK) was making bad decisions in Iraq 20 years ago doesn't mean they are making bad decisions in support of Ukraine now. The Russians would love you to think they are however.
- alienicecream 4y agoIMO Mearsheimer's take has more explanatory power than "Everyone able to make a rational decision can see Russia are are the sole cause of this war.".
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoSure. The west forced Putin to invade a neighboring country.
- alienicecream 4y agoMaybe not forced, but the west gave him a good reason to. The Mexico analogy is a good one, and the US has invaded other countries for less, so I'm not sure why that's such a controversial take.
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoIt’s bad when the US does it, too.
- ghostwriter 4y ago> Just because the US (and the UK) was making bad decisions in Iraq 20 years ago doesn't mean they are making bad decisions in support of Ukraine now. Why wouldn't it mean bad decisions now? What did happen to those who made bad decisions at all levels of the government 20 years ago?