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Re:AP fires reporter behind retracted ‘Russian missiles’ story by kube-system on Monday November 21, 2022 @11:24PM (#33701878)
I’m sure Ukraine doesn’t feel like it’s fighting a puppet dance. Just because the US has made bad decisions before doesn’t mean that it’s doing a bad thing now, nor does it means that there’s anything wrong with incentives being aligned. All international relations are based on aligned incentives of self interest, not just those of the US.
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Re:AP fires reporter behind retracted ‘Russian missiles’ story by kodyo on Monday November 21, 2022 @11:31PM (#33701924)
Sure thing, man. The USA has been "aligning incentives" since the 2014 coup.
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Re:AP fires reporter behind retracted ‘Russian missiles’ story by kube-system on Monday November 21, 2022 @11:41PM (#33701988)
It’s not 2014 anymore. If you think that a coup is wrong, then what do you think about a total annexation?
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Re:AP fires reporter behind retracted ‘Russian missiles’ story by kodyo on Monday November 21, 2022 @11:53PM (#33702092)
That both are abhorrent but we wouldn’t be where we are today if NATO hadn’t been extending its membership eastwards since the end of the cold war and running arms deals with countries on Russia’s border.
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Re:AP fires reporter behind retracted ‘Russian missiles’ story by kube-system on Monday November 21, 2022 @11:58PM (#33702138)
As if the mere thought of Ukraine joining an alliance, which they didn’t even join, is justification to start firing missiles?
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Re:AP fires reporter behind retracted ‘Russian missiles’ story by kodyo on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @12:48AM (#33702498)
What other country were the weapons provided by the Biden and Trump arms deals meant to be aimed at?
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Re:AP fires reporter behind retracted ‘Russian missiles’ story by kube-system on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @12:58AM (#33702543)
Purchasing weapons from competing nations makes them fair game for an invasion?

That rationale seems it could be used justify nearly any aggressive war.

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