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by sinyug 5y ago
> comparisons to other situations. It is not about random comparisons but the will to follow through on what must be done. The US had no real stake in Afghanistan. Russia did in Chechnya and it does in Ukraine. We will know in a few week
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by sinyug 5y ago
> Who are they going to sell their oil and gas to, then? The world is full of countries who want oil and gas. Even the US and Europe have left open a big hole in their sanctions for oil/gas supplies because they need Russian fossi
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by sinyug 5y ago
> The United States military is the most powerful military on the planet. Any suggestion that they will be defeated in Afghanistan is wishful thinking. The US is not Russia and Bush/Obama/Trump/Biden is not Putin. While no
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by sinyug 5y ago
> this smells of being invented by someone who never visited Europe. This channel is known for its constant criticism of the current Indian government and its politics is diametrically opposite to mine. If they are claiming this, then
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by sinyug 5y ago
> Has anyone done a decent job explaining what the most likely outcomes actually are? There is only one outcome here: Ukraine becomes a Russian client state. Russia then decouples from the West. Other African and Asian countries start th
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by sinyug 5y ago
> they may have developed connections within law enforcement. This is far more dangerous. In the first case, at least, you know the elected person is a neo-Nazi.
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by sinyug 5y ago
After India abstained at the UNSC vote, the Ukrainian representative to the UN issued a threat, couched in the language of diplomacy, against the safety of Indian students in the country.[1] I guess Ukrainian border guards got his message:[
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by sinyug 5y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20220226125640/https://thediplom...
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India’s ‘Neutrality’ on the Ukraine Conflict Could Hurt It in the Long Run(thediplomat.com)
9 points by sinyug 5y ago|8 comments
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by sinyug 5y ago
> CBS News senior correspondent in Kyiv Charlie D’Agata said on Friday: “This isn’t a place, with all due respect, like Iraq or Afghanistan that has seen conflict raging for decades. This is a relatively civilised, relatively European –
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by sinyug 5y ago
Very irresponsible headline. It is a drone manufactured by Turkey and operated by the Ukrainian army. If it were really a Turkish drone attacking Russia, that triggers a NATO vs Russia war.
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by sinyug 5y ago
> accepted by most with the hope that economic integration of russia would avoid war in europe Why? Not everything in the world is for sale, particularly what one perceives to be their national security and interest. Former Pakistani Pre
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by sinyug 5y ago
When Trump was crying about the cozy Russia-Germany relationship[1] and talking about how NATO was not contributing its share, the fact checkers were busy concentrating on his tone rather than the substance of what he said.[2] They must be
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by sinyug 5y ago
> a few comments in recent days saying how ridiculous it is for Putin to claim the Ukrainians support Naziism given that their president is a Jew, Probably taking their cue from propagandists in Western media outlets who don't mind
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by sinyug 5y ago
Ruchir is right about Yugoslavia. Western powers exploited fault-lines to dismember the country and create client states. By denying that we have a common history and civilization, by claiming that Hinduism is not a single religion, and by
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by sinyug 5y ago
> The qualities of the claims, and the harm caused by the actions, are very significant factors. You do not understand. We are Indians. We have no expansionist agenda, designs on other people's territories and don't feel the ne
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by sinyug 5y ago
Insurgency is only an issue if you stay for extended periods of time trying to win "hearts and minds" like the US did in Iraq and Afghanistan. Putin has stated his objectives in Ukraine very clearly:[1] > Russian President Vlad
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by sinyug 5y ago
> They're going to open a second front in Northern Europe with 1/3-1/2 of their army locked up in Ukraine? According to reports, only a third of the force deployed around Ukraine are actually in Ukraine.[1] So, about 50-60
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by sinyug 5y ago
> I'm really wondering why this one is different. It is the missing white woman syndrome applied to geopolitical conflicts.[1] A war or terrorist attack affecting North American and European countries is more important and deservi
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by sinyug 5y ago
> “Sanctions could be an excellent reason for the final review of all relations with those states that have introduced them. Including interruption of the dialogue on strategic stability,” Medvedev wrote. > He added that in principle,
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‘Final review’ of Russia’s relations with West now possible – former president(rt.com)
4 points by sinyug 5y ago|2 comments
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Tracks very well with my read of the situation. Yeltsin believed that NATO expanding towards Russia[1] was a bad thing. His successor Putin has been warning for a long time that this was not acceptable to Russia. There is an interesting col
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by sinyug 5y ago
> The question has to be asked if Russian State friendly media (like RT.com) which keeps disseminating RU propaganda on twitter, and has been influential in pushing "alternative narratives" needs to be made harder to access for
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by sinyug 5y ago
> stopped Pakistan from nuking India That was never going to happen. Neither Musharraf nor Sharif are stupid people. The Americans have always been a cowardly lot when it comes to nuclear weapons. The Pakistan situation is a result of th
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by sinyug 5y ago
> Both sides have claims and arguments. In that case, both Russia and Ukraine have claims and arguments over parts of Ukrainian territory. Why should other countries interfere in their dispute? > What should the world do? Apply pressu
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by sinyug 5y ago
> China didn't attempt to conquer India China illegally occupies Aksai Chin. Pakistan illegally occupies parts of Kashmir. We have fought multiple wars with both countries over the last 75 years with very little help from outside pa
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by sinyug 5y ago
> ? In 1971, the US actively supported the genocide committed in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by the Pakistani Army. When the Indian Army intervened, Nixon sent the 7th Fleet that included the USS Enterprise into the Bay of Bengal to i
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by sinyug 5y ago
> India hasn't said a word about Russia Why should we? When China killed 20 of our soldiers in 2020,[1] the whole world prayed for "de-escalation and a peaceful resolution." And that is what India will say in the Ukraine-R
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by sinyug 5y ago
All this has happened before.[1] I guess the safest alternative is to screen customers from Belarus, Ukraine and Russia till the situation becomes clear. [1] Declined: Visa, MasterCard Freeze Out Targeted Russian Banks ( https://w
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by sinyug 5y ago
> I use Stripe to process monthly Subscriptions. Question best taken up with Stripe, I think. Ideally, they will come out with a statement of their own. When the Reserve Bank of India introduced new rules regarding recurring transactions

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