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3y ago
> This is propaganda and you don't even know it... People get silenced in the US every day because they have a different opinions on current events, for example the US proxy war with Russia. The irony of your blatantly false stateme
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3y ago
> More propaganda, listen to the other side... oh well it's banned everywhere. What are you talking about this, is literally false, I see pro Russian narratives everywhere, including here, you guys don't get banned despite how
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3y ago
> is the war lasting longer because the EU and US sends arms to Ukraine? The war is lasting longer because the Russians have decided that the number of dead Russians and recaptured positions that need to happen for the war to end is high
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3y ago
> > https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/en/55-12#Text >> The Ukrainian SSR ceremoniously proclaims its intention to become a permanently neutral state in the future, which will be out of military
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3y ago
> Except I do not. That presents a false dichotomy, and a remarkably simplistic one at that. In this case you can only be against Russias invasion of Ukraine which I assume yo wholeheartedly are.
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3y ago
> I'll never understand why we recently pretend that we haven't been poking the bear. I never understand why people like you think Russia has the right to decide what alliance countries get into, and why Russia has the right to
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3y ago
> But let's entertain the idea, let's see how you cover "the merits of Ukraine on its own". What's happening on this video and who's receiving the medals? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nwp
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3y ago
are you the same person as above? why do you keep making new users?. > The situation was exactly the same before 2014: > https://www.businessinsider.com/wikileaks-russia-cable-2014-... > Moreover, U.S. efforts to s
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> Of course. That was the plan and one of the reasons why the U.S. did not back down on Ukraine NATO membership in 2021, with the anticipated result (article is from before the war and there are plenty of other sources): The war started
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3y ago
> Been my policy since Iraq. Let the bullies bully. lets call it what it is, its not bullies, in the case of Ukraine its a concerted effort by Russia to wipe a country out of existence, including the use of rape and torture. But your pol
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3y ago
> I follow what you're saying. What overt response could they offer?. There’s lots they could do but they won’t because they can’t. * Declare it war instead of a SMO although I think in reality this doesn’t change anything * Try and
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> “Pre-war Russia” would have been clearer. They consider Crimea as Russian as Moscow and would respond accordingly to a serious attack. They are apparently more pragmatic about the new territories. Considering that the Crimean bridge ex
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> I can still say that it looks like your arguments say that when Ukraine loses territory, it's a strategic disaster, but when Russia loses territory, it never meant to have that territory. If I can defend that argument, weak as my
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3y ago
The German military budget is around 1/15th the USA, so thats not that far off being in line.
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3y ago
> Is there any strategic reason the USA may have wanted this war to occur? Any reason that Russia cannot just leave Ukraine?, it would be the best way for them to maintain there forces.
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3y ago
> I question the europeans and their lackluster response to what is occurring on their continent. You need to look at Eastern Europe to see the opposite of a lacklustre response. Poland especially has been donating a lot of gear by them
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3y ago
> We were on the right side in Iraq, with the same voices giving it full throated support, that was until the fog of war lifted and pretty much everyone accepted it was a scam. How do you think Ukraine is a scam?, I can show you hundred
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3y ago
> The more likely scenario is that Russia would rather detonate a nuke in Ukraine than lose the war, regardless of what NATO's response would be. I really hope that nuke works and that not one person in that command chain has reserv
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3y ago
> Do you really believe the Patriot is shooting down Kinzhals? Consider the source. And the physics of it all. And the history of the Patriot system (inability to shoot down 1960s scuds, several friendly fire aircraft incidents). It'
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> Not to mention a shit-tonne of weapons were just dumped into one of the world's more corrupt countries, we don't really know where they will end up. It's evident they end up killing Russians, we even get videos of it!. &
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> is it any wonder we see mainstream media enthusiastically endorsing more and more weapons for Ukraine? this is your "textbook" demonstration of the military-industrial-complex I love how people are so jaded when America is on
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They are also inertia guided, as to be a way to hardened against attacks like this it makes them less accurate but still probably enough to hit with a missile if you know the coordinates. You can also attack EW systems with RF seeking missi
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3y ago
What happens if part of Russia get occupied by Ukraine, like what is reportedly starting to happen now in Belgorod?.
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> Writer seems to be ignorant that USA need to import uranium from Russia. Probably a price thing more than anything else, there's a lot of friendly countries that America can import Uranium from (such as Canada or Australia). >
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> Why is it I see this comment so often? It makes absolutely no sense to me. Russia is making an effort to try and disrupt arms supplies to Ukraine using its intelligence agencies and trolls online to try and sway public opinion is why.
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> Russia is honoring its treaty commitments not to test nuclear weapons. Your assumption that Russia cares about following the treaties it signs upto is admirable but not reality. Russia never follows treaties when it doesn’t want to, so
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> Was that the same Patriot system that the US acknowledged was hit recently? It was so lightly damaged from debris that it didn’t even need to be taken out of the country to be repaired. > Must be it has arisen from the grave. Especi
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> But then he dared to have an opinion different from mass media establishment opinion ("maybe Ukraine should negotiate even if it's a possibly unfavorable peace treaty") and suddenly he's a right wing lunatic that y
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3y ago
Exactly hypersonic glide vehicles are what’s interesting, the Kinzhal is not a hypersonic glide vehicle. The Kinzhal is effectively just an air launched slightly modified Iskander.
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> He recently developed supersonic missles Supersonic missiles are heaps old. What Russia recently developed is _hypersonic_ missiles, and what Ukraine recently did is shoot all of down them with a patriot. Turns out when your missiles m
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