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We didnt “spend” it, weve sent that amounts worth of b stock. And last i checked Ukraine is in open war, rather ill equiped for the fight, and are in this position now bc we pressured them into giving up on their nuclear capabilities.
We authorize sending more, or end up with american soldiers on the ground.
Cool. Now do Ukraine, u red tinged sacks of elephant shit.
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Ahh yes! The only correct way to eat ur Italian beef.
Whoa… maybe not brightest for this, but i hadn’t even considered the Afghan war comparisons. Its incredible how so much fewer troops perished then, and we still look at the war as critically destabilizing the USSR.
Heres hoping for much worse of the same this time.
Fucking. Preach.
I cant word that half as eloquently as you; you are spot on. Like, every bit of this rant is spot on.
Ppl on this site sometimes act like war doesnt need to happen if they just dont believe in it, personally. I get it, im a pacifist, too. War is evil and hellish. This is a fact.
It is also a fact that russia invaded Ukraine and has on numerous occasions now called it a stepping stone. If u dont want a war, youve already got one! If you dont want it at your doorstep (bc thats the closest youll get to avoiding it), then Ukraine must be better funded and equiped.
We’re not the only ones with wants, we’re not the only ones with plans. Countries have them, too, ans some countries happen to be much more hostile towards ppl who like having their wants and needs free from government intervention.
Its strange. When i first came on here i felt that shit was the same as there bc of this. Now? Idk man… the big difference is the amount of sane voices on here that arent silenced but instead are prevalent. Thats why i dont like the advice of blocking the shitty instances. Young ppl are at risk of stumbling in early, and the trolls/shills need to be pushed back against.
My thing with it is, ive bwen privately/publicly bitching about the apartheid state known as Israel for the past 15+ yrs, but now, now is when everybodys taking note, when the october attack by hamas was, in part, part of a larger russian effort to draw attention away from the area in Europe they have since called a stepstone multiple times now. And now these voices conveniently ignore that US policy towards israel has always been unconditional financial/military support. But suuuure, its all bidens fault. As if the geriatric neolib picked out of a hat bc he was the closest thing to “average” for our politics over the past 60 yrs was the problem, and is if there was no chance of their being intelligence available to the president that isnt available to the rest of us.
Support Gaza, but remember that Ukraine is where the bigger worldwide threat is.
Not that obvious, judging by the downvotes here and how they are the most popular poster over there. And per what ppl under u were saying, i would bet money that they are a paid actor, not a bot, though they definitely employ those as well to inflate, deflate upvotes at their discretion.
Ahh, thanks for the clarification, but i have tried to post in the .world instance with no avail.
Lemmy.world was the one that blocked me from calling out russian bs. And everyday its nothing but linkerbaan being busy trying to convince everyone that Status Quo Joe is the worst thing in the world bc Gaza.
Got banned after calling out russian propaganda for being just that. Literally happened on my first or second day on lemmy.
Ya know, not been here that long, but seeing users ive tagged as “russian shill” being shat on in the communities that are not yet overrun by the trolls. Stay strong folks, and push back.
Also, inb4 the explanations given are: “waaahhh, any piece of news that doesnt come from the krem de la kremlin is propamaganda!!!”
Ya know, not been here that long, but seeing users ive tagged as “russian shill” being shat on in the communities that are not yet overrun by the trolls. Stay strong folks, and push back.
Also, inb4 the explanations given are: “waaahhh, any piece of news that doesnt come from the krem de la kremlin is propamaganda!!!”
Oh no, i compared facsists to other fascists. But keep going with the false equivalences, thats certainly the way to convince the voters thats working for u.
In case u other readers havent been paying attention, russia is still threatening Poland, Lithuania, and Finland just as they have been for their whole history.
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I guess ignoring how Ukrainians ran the russian puppet heading their country out of the country just before the Crimean invasion of 2014 is convenient for your point.
Appeasement does not work. It has never worked. It didnt work in Sudetenland, it didnt work in Crimea, and it would never have worked with Donbas, either.
I am not saying to not assist Taiwan, for the record.