Mikeb85

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by Mikeb85 5y ago
No ghoulish is the west who abandoned Ukraine... The West who beat war drums but won't defend a country being invaded. You say nice words and the "right thing" but the US hasn't done shit for Ukraine.
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They've had how many regimes in the last century? No, they won't die for this.
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Their head office has always been in the Czech Republic...
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Didn't stay they don't.
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Their head office is in Prague, Czech Republic and they're technically a Czech company... But point still stands, they're Russian and speaking against the war.
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
Because the media and everyone make it sound like it's about to be trench warfare and then urban warfare for years and the original parent I responded to implied soldiers would be gunning down babushkas... It's bad but it's o
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
> What specifically do you mean by "concrete promises"? Actually admitting it to the EU or NATO. Actually pledging to defend it.
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
Not to deminish that they're people but that's basically a weekend in Chicago... For a "full scale invasion" it's nothing and would indicate that there won't be much resistance.
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
The media is shit... So far Russia's done precision strikes and is simply rolling troops down roads. They won't encounter much resistance. A month (or more?) ago Zelenskiy said he's not sending Ukrainians to die. Today ther
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
It is true. Anyone who followed Russian politics from the mid-late 90's to ~2004 remembers Russia trying to "join" the west. Geroge Bush famously talked about looking into Putin's eyes... But the west was more concerne
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>Do you want the US interfering with your country? Not in Ukraine, only of Ukrainian descent. The US has already been interfering... Orange Revolution, Maidan, beating the NATO war drums, etc... They "encouraged" Ukraine to l
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
> What do you want the US to be doing? Are these actions feasible? Nothing because it's too late. But had the west given some concrete promises to Ukraine, I don't know at any time in the last few years, do you really think Ru
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> Biden played it as well as he could Biden played it like shit. If they had never warned of war maybe Putin could have saved face. Instead Biden antogonized Russia, pledged support to Ukraine but didn't actually do anything. They
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
What have Americans done other than warn of war but not do anything? If anything they made war more likely by preventing Russia from saving face. Even Zelenskiy said as much. But the west didn't actually do anything... Why didn'
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
> Isn't this going to have some serious economic repercussions for Russia? Russia's been sanctioned for nearly a decade. They're probably the most resource-rich nation on earth and have a nearly fully self-sufficient econ
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
Ah yes, when the EU forced Ukraine to choose between Europe and Russia for economic cooperation (Yanukovych wanted both, FYI) which led to protests that put a literal CIA asset (Poroshenko was, it's not a secret) into power... Ukraine
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
So what about prior to 2014? NATO first pitched the idea in 1997, but hadn't actually given Ukraine any guarantees... It feels a lot like the west has been using Ukraine to poke at Russia versus simply integrating Ukraine.
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And what's your end goal? Why not just make commercial software? Or just make open-source software and sell a service or extra features?
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
> What is the endgame here? Exactly what Putin's always maintained: that Ukraine joining NATO is a red line, so they're preventing Ukraine joining NATO. > The risk of NATO intervention is high, right? Russia understood this
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
Institutions means more than courts... Most Canadians I imagine live abroad for economic reasons. But that in itself is a failure of our institutions; an economy is a reflection of the set of rules created by the government. Anyhow, some e
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
> I think Canadians have more faith in our institutions, particularly the courts, to remain apolitical. Speak for yourself. Also consider that an estimated 9% of all Canadians live abroad (mostly in the US and Europe), including up to 2
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
So exactly what aspect of Russian propaganda do they believe? Or is it because they don't believe US propaganda? Because US news (Canadian as well) is way different than European news as well. Even Ukrainian news hasn't been as
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
> It's not the conservative utopia people think it is. And Canada's not the liberal paradise people think. We're leaving, personally. The quality of life here is pretty shit - think LA or Seattle cost of living (SF if you
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
> or is that not sufficiently "modern" When I say modern I think in the internet age. When everyone can communicate with everyone and information can be shared quickly. > Most Russians very much don't see Ukrainians as
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Except if you've followed Ukrainian politics since, say, 2000, you'd also know that those regions were always very pro-Russian. Yanukovych came to power twice (including after the Orange Revolution politicians self-destructed) be
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>you would likely get a pretty vehement response if you suggested that the US and Canada ought to be part of the same country I live in Alberta... That statement is definitely not true lol.
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The Saudis aren't invading Yemen, they're just bombing and destabilizing it. Last I checked Lebanon is also still Lebanon, not Syria. > IIRC, he claims that Ukrainians are themselves no different from Russians Saying something
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No one in the modern era has attempted to take a country with a population that's 1/3 of the invading country. If he incorporated Ukraine, that's 40 million angry citizens. It would absolutely be the end of him especially b
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I bought a PS1 for this game. It's still my all-time #1. It has a great story, lots of content, lots of extras and minigames. Heck, in 1997 it was my favourite snowboarding game...
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by Mikeb85 5y ago
If you don't admit to vulnerabilities they don't exist, right?

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