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by vanusa 5y ago
If he is completely deranged and wants to start a nuclear war he could’ve done so without sacrificing so many Russian troops. It's not so much that he "wants to" start a nuclear war. The concern is whether he may end up doi
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by vanusa 5y ago
It should be noted that the Soviet Union ended up winning that war. WP says "Most sources conclude that the Soviet Union had intended to conquer all of Finland", acknowledging that some don't. And also offers the following
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by vanusa 5y ago
Because the statement it references is patently silly?
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by vanusa 5y ago
american tanks rolling over iraqi cars, Empty cars, you mean.
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by vanusa 5y ago
The latest figure reported by Ukraine was they have killed 3500 Russians already. My understanding was that this number was their claim for total casualties (meaning mostly WIA). And that this got lazily cut-and-pasted all over the pla
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by vanusa 5y ago
The source is needed for the commenter's claim that these toys are en route to the Azov Battalion specifically , obviously and of course. Not for the suggestion that they might be headed to the Ukrainian MVD.
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by vanusa 5y ago
In the same way that obituaries are often drafted by newspapers in advance of a person's demise, the same is true of reactions to world events. In totalitarian regimes (and those strongly on the spectrum of totalitarian), sure -- you
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by vanusa 5y ago
Denying Belarus statehood is just silly. That's what the term "vassal state" means. It doesn't "deny statehood", technically. What it indicates is that in practical terms, a state (or the regime running it)
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by vanusa 5y ago
I do not understand the "nazi" qualifier. It's an emotional/rhetorical ploy -- an appeal to WW2-era patriotism, and the relative sense of greatness and prosperity that flourished in the SU after the sacrifices made in
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by vanusa 5y ago
The US is now arming the Azov battalion with stinger missiless Source needed, please.
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by vanusa 5y ago
That is problematic. True. But I think Google's point is that the invasion of Ukraine is (several) orders of magnitude more problematic and needs to stop. I get that there's a downside to boycotts of all forms. What I don&#x27
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by vanusa 5y ago
And what's up with the whole public announcement. Seems pretty obvious that the whole point of taking such an action is that it be made public.
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by vanusa 5y ago
At no point in history has punishing people for the mistakes of their leader resulted in a better situation and more peaceful world. History is full of huge counterexamples to this claim: the sanctions against South African apartheid. Oh
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by vanusa 5y ago
Is this the article's assessment, or your own? Sounds like you're stretching a bit, in particular with the last point: Ultimately it has enough forces to overwhelm the Ukrainians on every front.
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by vanusa 5y ago
Clickbait, in that the article has nothing to do with the Ukraine specifically (either in 2014 or now).
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by vanusa 5y ago
A portentious closing quote, indeed: “There’s already a bit of a rush to take money out of ATMs, but no cash machine is designed for the lines that will appear at sanctioned banks.” Archived version: https://archive.fo/Ems9w
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Russians Rush for Dollars as Sanctions Threaten Ruble Collapse(bloomberg.com)
20 points by vanusa 5y ago|5 comments
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by vanusa 5y ago
These poor young men aren't being humiliated by any stretch, in these videos. Other than having their identities made public. But that's a risk one should expect to take when invading a foreign country. But the interrogations the
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by vanusa 5y ago
That's great, of course. Bon appetit. I was just trying to get back to the point of the original article.
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by vanusa 5y ago
We NEED russian gas and oil. No, it's just a "want" (based on price point) like the other commenter said. Europe has other needs, like long-term security and stability. If these become threatened, it can easily (enough) f
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by vanusa 5y ago
Not to minimize, but the destruction of Grozny (both in raw numbers and in proportion to the resident population) in 2000 was much greater than the havoc wrought on Bupapest in 1956. In terms of civilian deaths per capita, the loss in Gro
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by vanusa 5y ago
Your pancakes taste like my pancakes. That’s boring. I like tasting other peoples pancakes. Then again, some people just want to make reasonably good pancakes for their kids or before heading off to work, without too much thought or effor
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by vanusa 5y ago
They also advertise "unlimited paid time off" but your manager has to approve it. So realistically I am not gonna get much vacation. More to the point, it is strong indication that the management at this "well funded and ve
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by vanusa 5y ago
The only way to "respectfully handle these bodies" is to not send them into war.
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Western powers have realised Russia is largely immune to sanctions(theguardian.com)
10 points by vanusa 5y ago|2 comments
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New Amazon Headquarters Sparks Feud Among Indigenous South Africans(nytimes.com)
5 points by vanusa 5y ago|1 comments
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by vanusa 5y ago
"The real reason? To see Ukraine fail, as punishment for attempting to be like the West. And for demonstrating the possibility to his own people that a different Russia is possible."
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by vanusa 5y ago
Title edit to fix broken word choice in the original.
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Carnegie Hall drops Putin supporter Valery Gergiev from weekend concert schedule(gothamist.com)
4 points by vanusa 5y ago|1 comments
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by vanusa 5y ago
This should by far be the highest-voted comment. Multiple sources are now coming in with live video of explosions in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities, for example CNN's Matthew Chance: https://www.cnn.com/europe/live

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