khokhol

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by khokhol 3y ago
I see what you're driving at. Thanks for clarifying.
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by khokhol 3y ago
It's all about connecting the dots, which are more than the sum of the parts. And taking into account the last 350 years of history. In this context, the above incidents (and the cat-and-mouse games with Sweden) can be seen as shots
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by khokhol 3y ago
Various menacing statements and border incidents over the years (including a cross-border kidnapping in Estonia a few years back); GRU sabotage incidents in Czechia and Romania; and most notably, ongoing occupation of a good chunk of Moldov
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by khokhol 3y ago
Russia attacking the rest of Europe is just fear mongering. Unfortunately this absolutely not the case, as applies to the Baltics and Moldova. The threat to those countries is very real.
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by khokhol 3y ago
There is imprecise language, and then there is spin.
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by khokhol 3y ago
Right, but making statements that are plainly and objectively false (simply for alarmist effect) doesn't help make that happen.
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by khokhol 3y ago
A post that blamed NON-Israeli Jews for being attacked outside of Israel due to Gaza. It was definitely a piece of obnoxious drivel, the post. But that's not what it said.
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by khokhol 3y ago
Ukraine is out of ammunition NOW There's no need to be hyperbolic. They're certainly facing a serious situation. But by all accounts they still have some runway. And if you'll check your current news feeds very carefully:
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by khokhol 3y ago
A former UN official, a former NATO military official, and an academic? Yet another example of the general rule that the fact of one having held at one point a high-status position does not, ipso facto, validate what one has to say about
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by khokhol 3y ago
He has plenty of other choices, actually. Even now. It's just that they involve some combination of letting go of his expansionist fantasies, relaxing his absolute grip on power, or watering-down his so-called legacy. So of course he
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by khokhol 3y ago
I love this quote in the tweet linked to (through another tweet) in the article: If Tucker was a real journalist he would have pushed back on this literal debunked Nazi propaganda, but Tucker isn't a journalist, and this wasn't a
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by khokhol 3y ago
Georgia was smarter in my opinion. The situations are not really comparable, given that Russia's designs on Ukraine are very different. Categorically different in fact. Perhaps in the years 2014-2022 they were somewhat comparable (w
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by khokhol 3y ago
The problem is companies are having people run the gauntlet -- or in any case displaying a cavalier attitude about milking folks for their time and patience -- despite not offering anything comparable (in terms of intrinsic attractiveness o
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by khokhol 3y ago
So what, five hours? Add in the 6-hour take home (which companies delusionally believe will take 2 hours, despite being often inadequately scoped or otherwise poorly presented; while quite often expecting a nitpick-proof solution); and al
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by khokhol 3y ago
We know about the report. How do its contents establish causus bellum?
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by khokhol 3y ago
Which shelling events, specifically, are you referring to? Locations and dates, please.
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by khokhol 3y ago
Sure, we get it. But when you add forced rituals to the mix (such as the very worst: coerced standing), it ends up being just numbing and grating, especially over time. And when it gets to the point where you can just tell that most people
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by khokhol 3y ago
Why is it so hard to believe that the Russians don't want what they consider hostile parties on their borders? "Russians" who have an awareness of history (who are all the Russians I know personally) understand, implicitly,
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by khokhol 3y ago
Candidate: Hey, what you're doing it a bit off-putting you know. Employer: <shrugs>
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by khokhol 3y ago
Ukraine has passed a law saying they absolutely refuse to negotiate a peace settlement with Putin. Which law are you referring to?
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by khokhol 3y ago
Yep, that's literally what is being said -- that Crimea, Donbas, Kherson etc are of course "part of Russia" and that it is Ukraine which is "laying claim" to those regions. Which is completely backasswards of cour
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by khokhol 3y ago
In fact it only issued a provisional statement that humanitarian care for the population of the Gaza Strip should continue, This is very clearly not what the ruling says. And it is intellectually evasive to characterize as such, given th
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by khokhol 3y ago
Which founded the Israeli state with the Nakba, Look, we all know the history. Please don't be so arrogant. The main point is, if you were to break down the reasons why the theocratic regime in Iran really opposes Israel at every
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by khokhol 3y ago
They've been extremely pro-Israel This is wildly overdrawn and lacking in substantial basis. Though I'm sure there are many who believe that any source besides Electronic Intifada (or equivalent to it in tone and selective repor
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by khokhol 3y ago
The attacks from Lebanon are in defense of Gaza Sorry, but this is simply naive. Hezbollah and Iran are doing what they're doing out of long-standing ulterior geopolitical motives. Not because they could give a flying toss about th
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by khokhol 3y ago
The roots of the conflict go back to attacks on Donetsk and moves by NATO since 1991 All I can tell you is -- just because intellectual-sounding people like Chomsky, Mearsheimer et al; not to mention Putin himself -- whom you are apparent
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by khokhol 3y ago
Not defending Ukraine's tactics in that instance - but you'll note that that event predated Minsk I. So in terms of it "violating the Minsk agreements" - no.
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by khokhol 3y ago
They’ve consistently worked towards an amicable settlement, In the same way that the guy who tackles you in a dark alleyway and puts a knife to your neck would prefer that you submit to his demands "amicably".
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by khokhol 3y ago
Should be "cession of ..."
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by khokhol 3y ago
The only "peace" settlement Putin would have accepted by Feb 2022 would have required the permanent secession of the then-occupied regions (and likely then some) to Russia. That clearly would have been better for Ukraine As if y

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