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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can't seriously compare Russia and NATO by military power. They are competent to keep small regions under control, but they don't have even a small portion of the world wide power that NATO has.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I did not and was not comparing the power of NATO to Russia.

You said "[PUTIN] can't even win a war in a small country right next to his."

I pointed out that this was false, as evidenced by the number of small countries next to his that he's already annexed or invaded. Even Ukraine hasn't been able to repel Russia even with western aid.

Please stop trying to move the goalposts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I am not moving the goalposts, I am trying to put things into context rather then nitpicking every single sentence and strawmaning every argument. I speak in general terms, as I am not a robot. Everything I say is in a general political context.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Expecting you to mean what you actually said is not a strawman. If you meant something else then clarify rather than argue an amorphous moving general vibe.