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Re:Covid-19 and other pandemics require a coherent response ... by watwut on Monday January 30, 2023 @06:33AM (#34578438)
Because they invaded Ukraine and are comiting the genocide there. Ukraine keeps asking for help and US did actually provided them guns. US are the good guys here.
Re:Covid-19 and other pandemics require a coherent response ... by flandish on Monday January 30, 2023 @07:02AM (#34578605)
Profit. It’s profit. It always is. US guns got there first. For profit. Modern wars “helped” by the US are always about using humans for profit.
Re:Covid-19 and other pandemics require a coherent response ... by watwut on Monday January 30, 2023 @08:40AM (#34579404)
No, they did not. Russia is aggressor here and they did attacked here.

USA made mistake when they pressured Ukraine to give up atomic bombs and when it prioritized Russian interest over interest of other Eastern European nations. But that is history now.

Re:Covid-19 and other pandemics require a coherent response ... by flandish on Monday January 30, 2023 @09:25AM (#34579926)
Note, I made no indication of aggressor.

But there is no denying that war is useful for profit and capitalism is always happy to profit.

Re:Covid-19 and other pandemics require a coherent response ... by w14 on Monday January 30, 2023 @07:05AM (#34578618)
>US are the good guys here.

Only if you ignore everything that has happened since 2014: a coup, persistent attacks on DPR and LPR, acknowledgement by Merkel and Holland that the Minsk agreements were entered into in bad faith by the EU etc.

I don't think there are any good guys here.

Re:Covid-19 and other pandemics require a coherent response ... by watwut on Monday January 30, 2023 @08:38AM (#34579389)
No, you are just lying about what happened in Ukraine. Russia is quiet unambiguously the worst here.

Maidan was valid thing to do and made Ukraine better. Ukrainians have right to reject being Russian puppet state. Russia broke Minsk agreements and entered into bad faith agreements, that part if rifht.

DPR and LPR were under Russian government despite pretending to be separatists. And even if this was not the case, it does not excuses genocide and attempt to annex Ukraine.

Re:Covid-19 and other pandemics require a coherent response ... by ethanbond on Monday January 30, 2023 @08:41AM (#34579418)
Just to be clear, the “coup” was triggered when the leader of Ukraine reneged on prior commitments and overwhelming public and parliamentary support to align with the EU.

The current leader of Ukraine was elected in a landslide victory that the Russian-aligned opposition himself called completely fair.

“Attacks on DPR and LPR” are hard to disaggregate from the various Russian military forces that “volunteered” to go occupy neighboring territory on the basis of their shared language (like Mexico sending cartels to the US southwest to protect Spanish-speakers and those of Hispanic descent).

Re:Covid-19 and other pandemics require a coherent response ... by slaw on Monday January 30, 2023 @07:40AM (#34578902)
Because Russia was collapsing, Putin felt threatened by NATO surrounding Russia and thought it is good idea to collapse Ukraine too.
Re:Covid-19 and other pandemics require a coherent response ... by sebazzz on Monday January 30, 2023 @09:46AM (#34580193)
I wonder if we can say that collapse is self-inflicted. Would it have happened if Russia went to be a more open and democratic society instead? Would it be more like the east European countries where a lot of labour is nearsourced?