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Russia has nukes, they don't need to invade other countries for land buffers, and excusing that behavior (much less the rape, torture, murder of civilians, etc.
by dralley 4y ago
Russia has nukes, they don't need to invade other countries for land buffers, and excusing that behavior (much less the rape, torture, murder of civilians, etc.) is appalling.
Moreover it doesn't even mesh with Putin's own stated rationale for the war, which doesn't have much to do with NATO at all.
- carlosjobim 4y agoYour way of expressing yourself is disgusting. I haven't excused any of those horrible things, so don't accuse me of that. There is a real person here on the other side of the screen. I don't support war. Understanding why war happens and why it happened in the past is not excusing anything. There must be room for deeper debate and exchange than "I hate the enemy!". Putin fears American anti-air missiles that neutralizes the threat of Russian nukes. He has been saying that since he came to power. If he believes those kind of missile systems are coming to his doorstep, he will try to stop it - using any rationale.
- dralley 4y ago>Putin fears American anti-air missiles that neutralizes the threat of Russian nukes. The trajectory of ICBMs crosses over the North Pole, and most of Russia's launch facilities are too far North or East for Ukraine to be remotely relevant to intercepting them. It is a garbage, nonsensical excuse. And there is no reason to admit that into evidence while rejecting the idea that Putin's constant chauvanistic refrains about how Russians and Ukrainians are one people, that Ukrainians are just "little Russians" who've been convinced they're something different by the evil West, an idea which he has been pushing for years, have anything to do with the invasion.