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A comment on Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and Other Intellectuals) on the Russia-Ukraine War. Parent comment

Re:Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and Other Intellectuals) on ... by kcb on Saturday May 21, 2022 @09:55AM (#31457954)
It's an huge leap to go from world foreign politics to "control".

> Self-determination and agency is only available to those who have the means to fight for it. Ukraine has none, it has whatever the nations providing 10s of billions in military aid allow it to have.

Self-determination and agency is available to those who have the will to fight for it. Clearly they do have the means to fight for it based on their ability to secure vast military support from the west.

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Re:Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and Other Intellectuals) on ... by guerrilla on Saturday May 21, 2022 @04:17PM (#31461399)
> It's an huge leap to go from world foreign politics to "control".

Oh okay, it's just a coincidence that almost always get what they want and when they don't there's just coincidentally disaster.

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