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> Russia was, is, and will be an empire with an eternal appetite for expansion. Incredible double standard, harshly denouncing Russian imperialism, if it can e
by foobarqux 13y ago
> Russia was, is, and will be an empire with an eternal appetite for expansion.
Incredible double standard, harshly denouncing Russian imperialism, if it can even be called that, while completely ignoring American imperialism which is orders of magnitude larger.
(And then he goes on to criticize double standards! Russian of course, not American/Western).
- jcfrei 13y ago> Why is Putin doing this? Because he can. That's it, that's all you need to know. I stopped after reading the second paragraph. The conflict in the Ukraine is barely HN material and if we still want to discuss it, I'd suggest we stick to better sources - the nytimes did a pretty good analysis of what's going on.
- john_b 13y agoThe article may be awful, but the existence of other forms of imperialism doesn't detract from the reckless aggression Russia is displaying now. Your post is essentially ad hominem, except directed at an entire country instead of a single person.