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Me looking for the soviet military bases rn EDIT: I completely misunderstood the context here, nevermind.

by MiiMe19 5mo ago

spwa4 5mo ago
I live in the Netherlands. The closest one was about 260 km from where I live. Of course, not any more.
- coldtea 5mo ago
  Was that on a country that went on a genocidal rampage just before and lost the war after killing millions all around Europe, which was decided to be divided in several parts, of which USSR got to control one, and which still developed into an independent country less than a decade later?
  - spwa4 5mo ago
    Yes, but you're leaving out the other 9 countries the Soviet Union occupied, and immediately started killing the population to keep their conquests: Poland, Austria’s Soviet zone, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. By contrast, the US retreated. And also didn't start killing any population.
    - cogman10 5mo ago
      > And also didn't start killing any population. Except for the populations in the global South. We spent a decade firebombing Vietnam and Cambodia.
    - coldtea 5mo ago
      "Killing their population" as in executing some Nazi collaborators, of which there was no shortage in all, down to full cooperation? Like the ones involved in the Axis alliance and in the eastern front offensives that caused the deaths of millions of their own people? >And also didn't start killing any population. Yes, just Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, and anybody who leaned national sovereignity/left in the Latin America and later the middle east.
- MiiMe19 5mo ago
  I completely misunderstood the context of this discussion and revoke my mildly snarky comment. You are correct.
  - JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
    Out of genuine (and goodwilled) curiosity, how had you read it?
- throw1234567891 5mo ago
  To be fair, if you stand in the middle of The Netherlands, 260km in any direction and you end up outside of the country. Which base are you talking about?

Me looking for the soviet military bases rn EDIT: I completely misunderstood the context here, nevermind.

by MiiMe19 5mo ago

Me looking for the soviet military bases rn EDIT: I completely misunderstood the context here, nevermind.

spwa4 5mo ago

I live in the Netherlands. The closest one was about 260 km from where I live. Of course, not any more.

coldtea 5mo ago
Was that on a country that went on a genocidal rampage just before and lost the war after killing millions all around Europe, which was decided to be divided in several parts, of which USSR got to control one, and which still developed into an independent country less than a decade later?
- spwa4 5mo ago
  Yes, but you're leaving out the other 9 countries the Soviet Union occupied, and immediately started killing the population to keep their conquests: Poland, Austria’s Soviet zone, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. By contrast, the US retreated. And also didn't start killing any population.
  - cogman10 5mo ago
    > And also didn't start killing any population. Except for the populations in the global South. We spent a decade firebombing Vietnam and Cambodia.
  - coldtea 5mo ago
    "Killing their population" as in executing some Nazi collaborators, of which there was no shortage in all, down to full cooperation? Like the ones involved in the Axis alliance and in the eastern front offensives that caused the deaths of millions of their own people? >And also didn't start killing any population. Yes, just Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, and anybody who leaned national sovereignity/left in the Latin America and later the middle east.
MiiMe19 5mo ago
I completely misunderstood the context of this discussion and revoke my mildly snarky comment. You are correct.
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
  Out of genuine (and goodwilled) curiosity, how had you read it?
throw1234567891 5mo ago
To be fair, if you stand in the middle of The Netherlands, 260km in any direction and you end up outside of the country. Which base are you talking about?