throwaway_434

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by throwaway_434 1y ago
> Clearly, the GP is completely rational and quite well-informed. Yep you believe everything under the Sun when it comes to your Governments and institutions, when it has been proven time and time again that they have been involved in re
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by throwaway_434 1y ago
> The fact that there is zero such efforts visible leads me to the conclusion that Modi just doesn't give a fuck. Modi cares about Indians more than he cares about US citizens. Indians come first. Just like Trump cares about US citi
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by throwaway_434 1y ago
> For one year. 14 other countries sanctioned India too. And what about it? When US sanctions any country, rest of the World follows. It is nothing new. > I couldn't find anything on this besides articles on Indian/Banglades
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by throwaway_434 1y ago
> This phenomenon is large enough that I'm shocked it hasn't openly caused a diplomatic rift between the US and India, and New Delhi should have a vested interested in combating it. It is only large enough to you probably. Indi
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by throwaway_434 1y ago
> And yes, I'd like particularly Narendra Modi to kneel Umm you are targeting the wrong person here. Majority of the scam call centers come from West Bengal, particularly Kolkata. Which is headed by Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee. In
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
> Companies refusing to do business there and the eventual brain drain will do more damage than SWIFT. Only Western companies you mean? > but do you really think they’re trying to help? They are already helping. Russia has already int
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
Thanks for the words of encouragement. I am actually positively surprised that I wasn't downvoted to oblivion and most of the commenters engaged without considering it as "Russian Propaganda" or "Troll" (some of the
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
> The people of Libya did not have power over themselves Read the definition again. Then again. Then one more time. The definition states: "their government is under their own control". "Their" here means the State. N
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
> Now I get why you created a throwaway... what's the difference between France and Afghanistan ? What's the difference between Germany and North Korea ? What's the difference between Switzerland and Saudi Arabia ? Were th
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
> he is trying to lull you into a feeling that you have no moral ground and you should just do nothing, because nothing matters and must let it all happen. No I am not lulling him into anything. I am introspecting and speaking my mind. N
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
> I think that's a really great question that a lot of people want to ask Putin. But not ask NATO? You don't see the hypocrisy here? Both Putin and NATO are wrong. Why is it so hard to just admit faults?
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
None of the points you mentioned are present in any Charter/Convention which Countries signed up to when joining the United Nations. None of it is "permissible". The only time it is "permissible" is when you have be
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
> Maybe Putin should have formed a defensive organization like NATO to give it some padding, instead of trying to take over. Like Soviet Union all over again? Not again. Why not just stay in your own borders and not try to place nukes in
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
I am not defending Gaddafi. He was a brutal dictator. No doubt about it. I am just exposing hypocrisy of the "Free World" which I am a part of as well. I am just saying that there was already a Civil War being waged within Libya t
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
Even Hitler (the worst Dictator in recent history) pales in comparison to how many countries the West has bombed and destroyed. Millions dying. Millions more homeless. Millions moving from one country to the next as refugees. All this happe
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
> they could have veto'ed the resolution Have you read the UNSC resolution? The UNSC resolution did not call for invasion of Libya. Read it if you haven't. The main point of the UNSC resolution was establishing a no-fly zone to
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
Have provided a detail answer here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30641837
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
> Nato did not invade Libya This is not true at all. NATO did invade Libya on 31st March 2011. The UNSC resolution enforced a no-fly zone. It did not order a NATO invasion. Please read the resolution again (UNSC 1973). NATO flew 26,500 s
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
HN has limited me so I am posting a comment here. First of all, I am happy that people are actually engaging instead of dismissing the comment as Russian Propaganda (though few have). Secondly, there are some important misconceptions: 1. On
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
> Libya wasn't a sovereign state It was and still is a Sovereign State. Except now it is a failed State thanks to Western invasion. I don't know where you get your definition of "Sovereign State" from but in the dicti
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
> NATO's involvement in Libya was certainly a disastrous failure, but a disastrous failure from good intent and from multi-party consensus. Sorry but I have to call it what it is: Bullshit. You do not invade a Sovereign Country. Per
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
> Russia will try to find a way around these sanctions generally but it will be less efficient. It is not that easy to substitute everything. Russians may not care about latest brand items but domestic substitutions will not be always of
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
> Yeah, invasions suck, but the war in Libya wasn't to seize Libya and integrate it into NATO. It was arguably enforcing, not violating, the rule-based order. At least NATO has a better argument for this invasion than Putin does for
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
Rather, do you in the free World see what is being shown to you in the free World as the Truth? Are you 100% sure that you aren't being shown a filtered version of what is actually happening? You just believe you are in a free World an
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by throwaway_434 5y ago
Creating a throwaway as I have a controversial take on this (maybe even the minority opinion here): In my opinion, Ruble will become stable in few months (once the dust has settled that is). The sanctions are only imposed by the West (many