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> some kind of false dichotomy here that "somebody" is either Russia or another violent regime But it is true. Europe has increased gas imports from Algeria wi
by pastacacioepepe 3y ago
> some kind of false dichotomy here that "somebody" is either Russia or another violent regime
But it is true. Europe has increased gas imports from Algeria with the excuse that "Russia bad". Like Algeria is any better.
- kspacewalk2 3y agoAlgeria is absolutely better in essentially every way. In particular, they're not invading neighbours, murdering tens of thousands of civilians or attempting to erase a culture and a language from existence.
- pastacacioepepe 3y agoWrong[0]. Algeria has an important role in the ongoing Western Sahara conflict, caused by its rivarly with Morocco. Also wait till you learn that Algeria has strong ties with Russia. Hint: they conduct joint military exercises and buy weapons from Russia. > In particular, they're not invading neighbours, murdering tens of thousands of civilians or attempting to erase a culture and a language from existence. Source for tens of thousands of dead civilians in Ukraine? Btw following this logic what should we say about the USA with Iraq or Afghanistan? The count of dead civilians goes to the hundreds of thousands, and that's only counting those caused directly. If you add the civilians deaths caused indirectly by bombing two countries to ash then this starts to look like a genocide. Because right now Europe is buying a lot more gas from the USA, all to the USA's profit of course. If the parameter of choice is "number of dead civilians caused by wars" then Europe should still buy Russian gas. .0 https://ecfr.eu/publication/north-african-standoff-how-the-western-sahara-conflict-is-fuelling-new-tensions-between-morocco-and-algeria/ https://ecfr.eu/publication/north-african-standoff-how-the-w...