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@Spectre11B "should have been a domestic issue" why? should concentration camps and the Holocaust been left as a purely German domestic situation? should Kosovo have been left as a Serbian domestic issue? expand on where and when conflicts should be left as a domestic issue.
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@Spectre11B "almost unanimous condemnation from the world" nope. "the world" is a lot bigger than your Western bubble.
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well, well, well, after all the Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod, imagine the Russians not caring too much about civilian casualties in Kharlov oblast.
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@Spectre11B 25% of the world lives in India and China. How did those two nations vote? Oh, sure, St Lucia and Barbados will always cast their votes with USA. They depend on USA. Doesn't mean a thing. Instead of UN votes, look at actions. How much of the world has refused to continue trading and working alongside Russia? China, India, Brazil, South Africa, OPEC, Indonesia, all of Africa, Mexico, the vast majority of the world has decided to work with Russia and NOT isolate Russia. If you had any clue how most of the world views Russia, you would NEVER have bought into this Western delusion of isolating Russia. Western bubble deludes itself.
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@Spectre11B I didn't mention annexation at all. I asked a question, which you refused to answer. If the DPR and LPR fight for independence was a Ukrainian domestic issue, would that make Kosovo's fight for separation from Serbia a purely Serbian issue? it's a yes or no question.
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@Spectre11B But talking about annexation, presumably, when the Crimean Parliament voted for separation from Kiev following the anti constitutional coup in Kiev in 2014, you supported the Russian annexation of Crimea. I mean you do believe in democracy, in parliamentary votes to beg protection from outside forces when there has been a coup at home, right?
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@alhambrabiker1476 who cares if the YT account is credible? the important point is you clearly have no clue how the world views the Ukraine conflict, and you need to learn some basic facts. Let's start with fact one. ONLY the Western bubble cares about isolating Russia. The vast majority of the world is absolutely fine with working with Russia, trading with Russia, supporting Russia.
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@olivesama sure. look at the populations of all the world's countries. then see which countries are fine with Russia (no sanctions imposed, all relations with Russia as per normal) and you will see the vast majority of the world is fine with Russia. Or, you could do it the other way round. look at the populations of the few countries that have imposed sanctions and tried to isolate Russia, compare it to the vast populations of the globe's majority that still work as per normal with Russia, and compare. But, do you really want me to do your homework for you? Need more help? Here are some REALLY big countries with massive populations. Which ones have taken a stance against Russia? China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh. Let me guess, you live in a Western bubble and consider a small country like Germany as being of much greater importance than Nigeria?
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@Spectre11B "almost unanimous condemnation from the world", yeah, right, that same world that continues to import Russian energy as it always has done. The West knows that the oil imports from India is refined and blended Russian oil, but imports it anyway, because at heart the West only cares about pontificating and spouting nonsense while continuing to do what it always did.
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@ImperativeGames yep, Amnesty International already documented this. Ukraine uses human shields and hides in residential areas. we all understand why, but no point crying about civilian deaths when this tactic backfires.
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@Spectre11B once again, you refuse to answer the question. let's try a third time. You say that the DPR and LPR fight against Kiev was a purely domestic issue and should have been treated as such. Now, explain why NATO did not treat Kosovo's fight to separate from Belgrade as a purely domestic issue. The world awaits your answer. Don't hide behind this "false equivalency" nonsense. explain WHY it is false equivalency.
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@Spectre11B nice to know your forces were forbidden to engage against either side. yet, did you fully support NATO's incessant bombing of Belgrade? You were cheering on those NATO bombs destroying Belgrade, intervening in a domestic issue, right?
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@Spectre11B so, let me understand how this works. it ALL depends on motivations, right? so, interference in a domestic situation is absolutely fine if the motivation is "right"? And who is the referee that decides if the motivation is right? you? me? Russia had no desire to annex the LPR and the DPR. That is why the LPR and DPR were not even recognized by Russia, let alone absorbed into Russia. In the Minsk Agreements, Russia agreed for the LPR and DPR to remain as autonomous republics but part of Ukraine, so don't give me this "Russia wanted to annex the Donbass" bs. ONLY when the Azovs started shelling ethnic Russians in Donetsk did Putin, justifiably, consider intervention. Had the West honored the Minsk Accords, DPR and LPR would be part of Ukraine today. Now, where else has Russia annexed a territory out of pure lust for more territory? pray tell.
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@Spectre11B So, Putin should have just stepped aside and watched ethnic Russians get slaughtered in Donetsk and respect such slaughter because "it was a domestic issue"? You misjudged your enemy! Putin didn't take kindly to ethnic Russians being targeted in Chechnya. in Abkhazia, in S Ossetia, in Transnistria, yet you assumed he would in Ukraine? how dumb was that assumption?
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@Spectre11B I listened intently to all arguments made against Russia, and I also watched intently any actions taken against Russia. The words and the actions don't match! The words at the UN were just words. The actions show the world is more than happy to keep working with, trading with Russia and supporting Russia. You mistook posturing and posing at the UN for something of substance. oops.
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@DoubtingTom would that be the same OSCE that was kicked out of the Donbass for flagrantly collaborating with Ukraine?
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@borgri9125 Have a look at what was the internationally recognized border of Serbia. And then answer, where is Kosovo? It's clearly a Serbian internal matter! So, why 65 nights of NATO bombing Belgrade?
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@Spectre11B so, 20 years of occupation = totally allowed, accords with rules based order, to be applauded, but any annexation is a horrendous crime, right?
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@Spectre11B I mean the US exit from Afghanistan was not a total failure. That innocent Afghan family did get droned to death before 13 US servicemen got killed, and then the US left, so a pretty tidy exit overall, right?
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@Spectre11B Transnistria has been a breakaway state from Moldova, where 2000 Russian soldiers act as peacekeepers, no annexation of Transnistria into Russia, so that intervention gets the two thumbs up from you, right?
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@olivesama just curious, why do you fully support the restrictions placed on the use of the Russian language in Ukraine? Would you support restrictions placed on Yoruba if Hausa speakers were in supreme power? Why not?
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@olivesama glad you understand how nationalistic, imperial discriminatory language policies from Kiev alienated the Russian speakers of Ukraine from the Kiev regime. I'm sure if you were ordered to stop using your native language in public you too would be glad of a neighboring force coming to back you up and insist on your language rights and freedom of speech. you are very much on the Russian side, it seems. Would you describe the war on the people of Biafra as "violent imperial aggression"? why not?
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@alhambrabiker1476 how about you tackle the ideas. the messages, the opinions rather than the messenger? I guess you have no arguments of your own.
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@Spectre11B oh dear. you might want to edit your comment. Russia has never even been in Afghanistan. Confusing the USSR with the Russian Federation is a childish error. That said, the USSR warmonger leader that did decide to invade Afghanistan (though there was no annexation) was Leonid Brezhnev, a Ukrainian! Par for the course, eh? No need to tell the US not to annex Afghanistan. The ever pathetic NATO already got kicked out by a bunch of sandal wearing goat herders. Yet NATO thinks it is capable of stopping Russia in Ukraine? Oh boy.
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@olivesama would you describe the abduction, rape, imprisonment and killing of Nigerian schoolgirls as "violent imperial aggression"? or is that just plain old African on African crime, not quite as bad as it is not committed by white imperialists?
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@monumentaltravel3745 right, because Russia is much more powerful. so, what's your point?
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@monumentaltravel3745 ah, so one side bombing a city is criminal, the other side doing exactly the same thing is just fine. we see Western hypocrisy perfectly.
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@bonnie7898 there was no mistake. the report was accurate. any retraction from a pressurized woke boss is meaningless. everyone knows military units are best hidden in residential areas. your best course of defending the Ukrainians for doing this is to admit it, and explain it is justified, otherwise the Russians would find them much more easily in open spaces.
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@Spectre11B yep, when ethnic Russians are attacked, be it in Chechnya, Abkhazia, Transnistria, or Donbass, Putin comes to their defence. NATO and Ukraine called Putin's bluff with the ethnic Russians of the Donbass, and Putin did what he did in Chechnya, Abkazia, Transnistria......and now all the Banderites act surprised. Shouldn't have crossed Putin's red line!
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@jessefisher1809 you need to see how Mariupol looks today! The Russians have rebuilt it, it looks fantastic, so much better than the dumps in poverty-stricken and bankrupt Ukraine.
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@АртемАртем-л4э yep, funny how when you get someone to explain the rules of this "rules based world order" they can't do it without revealing how USA and NATO repeatedly violate their own rules. I thought the rules based order said that if you back a separation movement, like Kosovo, it was fine to bomb the other side (Serbia). But it turns out if you back a separation movement fighting for independence from Ukraine, you CAN'T bomb Ukraine! Confusing rules, eh?
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@Spectre11B big mistake, eh? USA interfering in a domestic issue by arming one side! asking for trouble.
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@Spectre11B "their only motivation was to enforce peace negotiations signed by both sides". EXACTLY the same motivation as Putin's in intervening in the Donbass conflict; to enforce the peace negotiations signed by both parties in the Minsk Accords. 100% same motivation. but one is part of the world rules based order, and one is a violation of the world rules based order. now we can see why most of the world just laughs at lectures from the West on what is in the rules and what isn't.
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@АртемАртем-л4э precisely. those who put any stock in UN votes and bla bla bla have no clue how the real world operates.
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@Melrose51653 do your homework. Angels Alley, etc
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@olivesama If you want to base what the world feels based on opinion polls, you will find the vast majority of the planet either has no idea what is happening in Ukraine or Russia, don't know where those places are, or more likely, don't care. So for Western leaders to try to convince most global leaders to isolate Russia is a waste of time, because global leaders know that what Russia does holds no great interest for their people. Opinion polls of the world population would be 90% "don't care". But how the world trades with Russia DOES tell you what global leaders think, and on behalf of their massive populations, global leaders of the most populous countries have decided to stick with Russia. As a Nigerian, you will know that Africa cares about Russian exports of grain, seeds, energy, and cares very little about who rules the Donbass. Wisely, Nigeria is going to pay attention to what OPEC and BRICS says and does, and pay little attention to what Macron says. Hence the moves recently to expel France and USA from the Sahel, and the embrace of Russian and Chinese influence. Before you prattle on about your nationality and what lectures you do or don't need, keep your mind open as to what my nationality might be. Though something tells me only your nationality and identity are of any importance to you.
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@olivesama just out of interest, list all the African countries that have decided to impose strict sanctions on Russia.
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@Spectre11B sounds like USA in Afghanistan, ..oh wait
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your turn. enlighten me. here are the really big countries in the world. now you tell me what the citizens in these countries think about the Ukraine conflict, how much they care about it, and what their leaders should do about Russia: China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico. are these countries protesting and demanding their leaders declare sanctions on Russia and isolate Russia? You see mass demonstrations in Lagos every day crying out for Nigerian aid to be sent to Kiev in vast quantities?
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@olivesama doesn't matter if there is any difference between "trading with" and "approving of". in the real world, actions speak louder than words, and everyone is still trading with Russia and working with Russia. Quite why you think there is mass global disapproval of Russia is mind-blowing. There isn't. The Global majority is sick and tired of lecturing, Western colonialists demanding this and that be done against Russia. The ordinary people simply don't care, they want Russia to continue exporting its much needed commodities. period. grasp reality and get your head out of the bla bla bla of UN debates and conferences. The reality on the ground is that Russia has plenty of friends, and the close ones, like China, India, Iran, N Korea, Venezuela and OPEC are determined to see Russia keep functioning as normal. wake up.
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@olivesama that seems to imply you think Africans associate Russia with "imperialism carried out by white countries", when the reality is the countries now fighting Russia are the colonial powers (Britain, France, Germany, Belgium) that would be the targets of African disdain. When the leaders of Russia's enemies visit Africa, they are hosted very coldly these days. Macron is spurned by the leaders of ex French West Africa. In contrast, Sergey Lavrov is greeted with hugs and smiles. African leaders know that Russia never sent a colonial force to Africa. African leaders know that Western European powers did. Mainstream African thought, and yes, you certainly seem to need a lecture on this, is more in favor of Russia than it is of the West. And that is a big reason why Russia is not disapproved of, by and large, in Africa.
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@Spectre11B 2500 Americans didn't just leave. take a look at the total mayhem NATO forces instigated on that calamitous exit. it tells you so much about the state of US and NATO forces. No wonder they haven't got the guts to actually fight alongside the Ukrainians.
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@lpell2510 for 10 years, those who were targetted by the Azovs were ethnic Russians, Ukrainian citizens, so you fully support Ukrainian citizens shelling fellow Ukrainian citizens with the intention of killing them or fleeing to Russia?
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@bonnie7898 1. The Ukrainian parliament has no right to "vote a president out". Have a good read of the Ukrainian constitution and see where a court of law must decide on the act of removing a president. 2. "Only the president was changed"....sounds like the definition of a coup to me. 3. The Crimean referendum was called by officials who had no power to do so under the UKRAINIAN constitution. Crimea, by a unanimous vote in the Crimean Parliament (it's called "democracy") already voted to separate from Kiev, therefore Ukrainian law no longer applied. 3. Most Crimeans did support annexation, and if you google pre 2022 opinion polls, even those conducted by Western approved organizations, you will see a massive majority of Crimeans considered themselves Russian, and only about 20% as Ukrainian. Those of us who have actually been to Crimea know that it is the least Ukrainian place on the planet! But, you would have no idea. Curious you quote Igor Girken. Yes or no question. do you believe everything Gurken has ever said? you are totally clueless
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@Rigobert-Wupperschnitzl there is no such thing as free grain, and if the grain is Ukrainian, then Russia can't send it. Russia can only send what Russia has.
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@olivesama just curious, do you look for "empirical data" for every statement? If not, which ones do you take at face value, and for which ones do you need empirical data to confirm an assertion? If I say that a man cannot become a woman, would you need data on that? If I say that a dog has 4 legs, would you need data on that? If I say Chinese students, as a group, do way better than African students on college entrance exams, would you need data on that?
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@bonnie7898 when did you start believing every word uttered by Putin and Girken? How do you pick and choose which of their statements you believe and which you disbelieve?
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@SeymourCr sounds like most of UK these days
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@АртемАртем-л4э they don't dare. they have to live in the false narrative of the West being superior to Russia in every way, otherwise they would have to admit they were lied to.
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@olivesama so, the empirical data means bang goes the idea that XX and XY chromosomes define one's sex! all those experts that worked on that "theory" have sure been made to look foolish!
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