warner_of_doom

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   by warner_of_doom 5y ago

   Not to mention the fact that these sanctions are going to make poor people starve. Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine make up a huge chunk of world grain, fertilizer, oil, and gas exports. In the Grand Chessboard, former NSA Zbigniew Brzezinski o
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   by warner_of_doom 5y ago

   This is also playing right into NATO's hands in a way. But, after reading the authors I mentioned closely, I now realize that this is a war for control/negative-control over natural resources (grain, oil, gas, fertilizers, etc.).
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   by warner_of_doom 5y ago

   Yup. We have this MCU good guys vs bad guys thing ingrained in us now. Nobody wants to talk seriously about the intricate complexities. My way or the highway. Russia bad. Ukraine good. America leader of the free world. Go to sleep. Eat. Buy
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   by warner_of_doom 5y ago

   I am all for making Poland and the Baltics a hard red-line front that we protect against Russia. But, taking Ukraine from Russia in this non-neutral manner is just wrong. We can easily hold the Polish and Baltic fronts. And, Russia can live
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   by warner_of_doom 5y ago

   You're not losing your mind. You are not out of line either. The media is pushing just 1 primary narrative. Period. We are being used as geopolitical pawns.
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   by warner_of_doom 5y ago

   Seeing this play out in the media reminds me of the Iraq War hysteria in 2003. Completely one-sided coverage, classic war-time propaganda (ghost of kiev), banning Russian arts and paralympians, etc. I've lost all faith in the media. Pe
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   by warner_of_doom 5y ago

   You are just like the hacking group `Anonymous`. You will target easy prey like Russia, but you would never dare to go up against your lord and master, my country, the USA -- even when it does something wrong.
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   by warner_of_doom 5y ago

   You may think that this is a 'smart' or 'moral' question. But, it really isn't. What did Austria want? To be left alone so that it doesn't suffer casualties. That's what Ukraine wanted, but we pushed them
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   by warner_of_doom 5y ago

   You may think that there is an absolute answer to this situation, but there isn't. I recommend that you study commentators and scholars such as: John Mearsheimer, Zbigniew Brezinski, George Friedman, Peter Zeihan, Noam Chomsky, Peter H
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    When exactly are you planning to punish our (American) political class for its war crimes and human rights violations? How about punishing us for our operatives that began the 2014 putsch in Ukraine? How about punishing us for Iraq, Afghani
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    I listened to all of these and didn't hear anything concerning: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chomsky+yugosla...
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    We could've avoided this: (1) https://i.redd.it/iq2zlt0ldrj81.jpg (2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfk-qaqP2Ws (3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0PPaqnReu8 We still continued in
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    Contrary to popular belief, that is only a small consideration in geostrategic security politics.
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    Done. You ponder this now: https://twitter.com/i/status/1485729483151880194 What we did was immoral. By leading Ukraine like that and controlling it subconventionally, we wrecked them.
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    Now do you understand the neo-McCarthyism raging through our country? If you even say something other than "Putin is Satan" or "Russia bad", you get downvoted to oblivion. Enjoy. Don't bother mentioning the complexi
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    I think they just developed with scale.
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    Sending them weapons is a pathway. Pledging neutrality is not.
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    Do you think this was right?: NATO proposed Ukrainian and Georgian membership of NATO in 2005-2008, in the clear knowledge that this would destabilize the situation. France, Germany, and others were against this. The proposal began the issu
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    Thank you for having the patience to say what I wanted to say. I am not a pro-Putin guy, but, if we don't recognize our part in this chaos, then, we're just promoting more of it.
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    We live and benefit from nation-states. We didn't choose that structure, but it is "natural" and just the way it is -- until we have some major technological breakthrough that changes that.
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    How dare you tell us that the situation is more complicated than "American-style Democracy" vs "Evil Tyranny"?!
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    As I have said, Chomsky is an ideologue. But, I listen to his views nonetheless. If you prefer, you can read some of the more anti-Russia scholars I cited, like Peter Zeihand: https://twitter.com/PeterZeihan/status&#x2F
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    I know there were issues about the genocides in the Balkans in the 1990s. But, in that case, he wasn't saying that there weren't massacres taking place -- he was saying that the US was selectively engaging for geopolitical reasons
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    I am for keeping Ukraine as a neutral buffer separating Russia and the US. NATO proposed Ukrainian and Georgian membership of NATO in 2005-2008, in the clear knowledge that this would destabilize the situation. France, Germany, and others w
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    How are they "pro-Kremlin"? They are pro-peace pro-realpolitik. Not "pro-Kremlim". Peter Zeihan is openly not pro-Kremlim. He predicts that Russia will collapse. As does George Friedman. Please think before you type?
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    Do you not recall the Victoria Nuland tape that leaked? "F** the EU" she said -- knowing full well that the Germans and French would be against a coup in then-neutral Ukraine.
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    I am for keeping Ukraine as a neutral buffer separating Russia and the US. NATO proposed Ukrainian and Georgian membership of NATO in 2005-2008, in the clear knowledge that this would destabilize the situation. France, Germany, and others w
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    Russia and America turned Ukraine into a "if we can't have, burn it to the ground" situation. I am for keeping Ukraine as a neutral buffer separating Russia and the US. NATO proposed Ukrainian and Georgian membership of NATO
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    Or, this could turn Ukraine into another Syria.
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    by warner_of_doom 5y ago

    Meanwhile, once again, soon after the Iraq debacle: here we are getting dragged into another "war for democracy".