Re:IRIS²: The EU’s Response to Musk’s Starlink
by briantakita on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @02:21PM
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These neverending wars & the incentives that perpetuate the neverending wars are a tragedy. I've been following the Russian state's reasons for the invasion, which is to combat NATO encroachment & to de-Nazify Ukraine. Putin stated that the US is "agreement incapable" & Xi told Biden something to the effect "you say one thing but do another". India & the global south do not condemn the invasion. Putin's rhetoric about fighting imperialist colonialism is received well not because Putin is a wonderful guy, but because these words ring of truth to the audience.
I'm not happy with the invasion but given the aggressive expansionist behavior of Pax Americana, I don't know if there are any alternatives other than the West using diplomacy in good faith. Russians see this conflict as "existential" & will not back down. Given such a position, does diplomacy not make sense?
There was a US backed coup in Ukraine in 2014, which the Nazis played an important role in. The Minsk 2 agreements were broken by Ukraine as it continued to attack the Donesk & Luhansk republic, both of which declared independence from Ukraine after the 2014 coup.
Zelensky & Putin were about to come to an agreement in February before the west, via Boris Johnson, intervened.
My main point here is diplomacy is possible & the natural course but bad actors in Pax Americana, like the NeoCons/NeoLibs only push war & double down on war when these misadventures fall apart. This behavior also drives the conflicts in Yemen, Israel, South America, etc.
The NeoCons/NeoLibs used to be known as "The War Party". Fitting name. They push for war & as we have seen, war is what we have gotten for a long time.
I'm not happy with the invasion but given the aggressive expansionist behavior of Pax Americana, I don't know if there are any alternatives other than the West using diplomacy in good faith. Russians see this conflict as "existential" & will not back down. Given such a position, does diplomacy not make sense?
There was a US backed coup in Ukraine in 2014, which the Nazis played an important role in. The Minsk 2 agreements were broken by Ukraine as it continued to attack the Donesk & Luhansk republic, both of which declared independence from Ukraine after the 2014 coup.
Zelensky & Putin were about to come to an agreement in February before the west, via Boris Johnson, intervened.
My main point here is diplomacy is possible & the natural course but bad actors in Pax Americana, like the NeoCons/NeoLibs only push war & double down on war when these misadventures fall apart. This behavior also drives the conflicts in Yemen, Israel, South America, etc.
The NeoCons/NeoLibs used to be known as "The War Party". Fitting name. They push for war & as we have seen, war is what we have gotten for a long time.