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What war, against who? I don't know what kind of narrative you are tying to push here but know that any attempt would immediately meet strong opposition (I've s
by mx7zysuj4xew 1y ago
What war, against who? I don't know what kind of narrative you are tying to push here but know that any attempt would immediately meet strong opposition (I've seen the graves of Verdun and I for one would do anything to actively undermine and sabotage any kind of active war effort)
- lupusreal 1y ago[flagged]
- sho_hn 1y agoCan we do better than have Europe fall apart in a Hacker News comment thread? :)
- asyx 1y ago[flagged]
- rrr_oh_man 1y ago> NATO countries pushing for war with Russia is a far right talking point Talking point or not, is there truth in this statement?
- mopsi 1y agoCouldn't be further from the truth. Just look at how NATO countries have tiptoed around supporting Ukraine. Every major step (artillery shells, tanks, rocket artillery, air defense systems, and fighter jets) took ages of largely pointless discussion before the decision was made. Not to mention the very weak response to Russian military intelligence terror cells that have been caught red-handed across Europe in recent years while they were preparing attacks like smuggling incendiary devices onto DHL cargo airplanes. If this isn't an unbelievably unconfrontational reaction to Russia's actions, then what is?
- rrr_oh_man 1y agoAbsolutely fair point, the response has been weak. But here's the thing. The official action is slow, but the media stories about the threat are turned up to eleven, 24/7. For a year & a half the story about the Nord Stream bombing was "Russia did it". End of discussion. Then it turns out it was probably some Ukrainian group, and everyone just shrugs and moves on. The original media-instilled fear doesn't disappear, though. And that fear is what they use to sell us things like Chat Control. So... when you mention "Russian military intelligence terror cells caught red-handed," my bar for skepticism is raised. I'm not saying it's impossible (on the contrary, militaries have been doing hybrid warfare for ALL of known human history), I'm just always failing to find the convictions that should follow someone being caught red-handed.
- asyx 1y agoNo. The idea that NATO wants war with Russia is pathetic.
- rrr_oh_man 1y agoWhy the name calling?
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- dang 1y agoYou can't do this here. We've banned this account for repeatedly posting flamewar comments and ignoring our requests to stop. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45326106 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45326106 (Sept 2025) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44403432 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44403432 (June 2025) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41830571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41830571 (Oct 2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41710557 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41710557 (Oct 2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40852424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40852424 (July 2024) If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.