Re:Air missile accident emerges as probable cause of Azerbai...
by llamaimperative on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @09:35PM
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Are you writing this message from 2014 or 2024? Hard to tell.
I don’t believe I (or you) from a position of comfort have the answers. I believe that western democracies should trust their partners on the frontlines to decide when and how to find peace with an invader, as they know more than we do.
Re:Air missile accident emerges as probable cause of Azerbai...
by realusername on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @09:40PM
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The Russian state TV: We will come back to Berlin and nuke everybody who gets in the way!
Some westeners: We never know, maybe they will stop if we give them a few more villages this time.
Re:Air missile accident emerges as probable cause of Azerbai...
by yakshaving_jgt on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @09:42PM
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How close to war does one need to be for their opinion on this to be valid?
A Shaheed drone flew over my head just less than two months ago. Does that qualify?
In case it does — don’t be so naïve. Of course the russians want more. They’ve made that clear enough. Their heads of state have made that clear enough. Repeatedly. For years.
There have been hundreds of relatively small land grabs in European history. Most of them have not resulted in further expansion.
Ironically, before WW1 Tsar Nicholas could have appeased Austria/Germany. Instead he mobilized and the German emperor decided to launch a preemptive strike. If he had not mobilized, perhaps WW1 and WW2 could have been averted.
It is extremely concerning that thoughtless one liners like yours, most definitely posted from some comfortable location rather than the trenches of Donetsk, are steadfastly upvoted here. Presumably by people who are also not in the trenches.