Russia Invades Ukraine
The independent republics recognized today by Vladimir Putin, are located inside of Ukraine. This is the invasion of Ukraine under the guise of a peacekeeping operation.
Terrible news. I have the same sick feeling I had when we invaded Iraq under a completely fraudulent pretenses.
Terrible feeling about what,exactly? That the US is going to directly confront Russia in a shooting war?
Russia is /the/ bad actor here. Regardless of how people feel about Ukraine, NATO expansion, etc., this entire situation was manufactured by the Kremlin. DL has been more balanced, but there are a concerning number of progressive apologists out there (maybe closeted tankies) that are really grasping at straws to blame anyone BUT Russia.
Biden has shown incredible restraint and is walking the fine line of de-escalation and maintaining a strong western European posture in the region. Trying to compare that to post 9/11 adventurism is a joke. Let the Ukrainians do the fighting, they will resort to dirty tricks and as far as I’m concerned they can do whatever they please to the russians. This could be be what finally puts Putin out to pasture
Terrible feeling about what,exactly?
Terrible for all the soon to be dead. Terrible for all the shattered families and lives. If you were a human being and not a psycho, you’d have figured that out.
The United States would never do this. How dare you?
(mf said closeted tankie.)
“We do it too” is a weird arg when nobody in the room agrees with either atrocity. Picking some pretty glib/callous hills to die on lately.
It’s not an argument. It’s just a fact. And I was just responding to Jason’s reference to Iraq. At least these two eastern Ukrainian regions are on Russia’s border. We reach far further.
And we have no say in what Russia does. But I can comment on what my supposed representatives do with our public resources. So, it’s actually neither callous nor glib
How long until China acts on the realization they can invade Taiwan without serious consequence?
yesterday… last year?
Americans specifically have a very bizarre sense of who belongs where are why. Plus, whatever standard we use doesn’t apply to us. Also, no concept of history. Sad, really.
Was that supposed to be profound? Reading your comments it seems like you suffer from mental illness or just lack proper socialization.
Seek help. Diet and exercise will probably correct most of your problems. Or don’t, I’m don’t really care just stating facts. Either way it’s clear you fit in here.
Great post.
Yeah. The CIA does monstrous unjust shit all over the world. We invaded country for oil and killed 209,304 civilians in the process, so we are monsters. I get it.
And yet it is also true that Russia invading Ukraine is some fucked up and unjust shit. Both things can be true.