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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

"He deserves special gratitude from the Ukrainian and European establishments for telling the truth before things go way too far."

Before??

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

a tale as old as time itself

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Get ready to see a wave of far right terrorist attacks on US/European soil when they realize what we've been ridiculed for saying from day one: they were used as cannon fodder, there was never any intention of NATO membership

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Europe is rapidly entering the finding out stages of fucking around.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What level do you need to be to cast Bubble of Illusion?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Level of Permenant Member with Veto Status (I don't know if they could block them joining, but I imagine they could)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Any nato member can prevent anyone from joining.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Under this deal, Putin gets to annex key territories while Ukraine is kept out of NATO and left without American peacekeepers, forcing Europe to buy U.S. military gear. Imperialist powers divide and weaken working people by keeping nations in chaos and under constant threat. This brief period of "peace" isn't for long as capitalist interests allow Russia to regroup and rearm. Ukraine remains in a disordered, free-for-all state under imperialist influences. In time, this setup could let Russia launch an invasion through Odessa to connect with Transnistria.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Transnistria is a thousand miles from Odessa, twice as far as St. Petersberg, and Pskov is about 400 miles away.

Vibes, vibes, vibes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Transnistria is a thousand miles from Odessa, twice as far as St. Petersberg, and Pskov is about 400 miles away.

Vibes, vibes, vibes.

No. The material reality is that Transnistria is roughly 100–150 km from Odessa and not the thousand miles being claimed.

Pskov is near the Estonian border, and St. Petersburg is on the Baltic Sea. Neither of these cities is close to Moldova, so they are largely irrelevant to any invasion plans in that region.

It's important to rely on concrete conditions and verifiable data rather than hyperbolic claims and vibing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry, you’re right. I was thinking of Kaliningrad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I appreciate the change in direction with the correction, regardless of the circumstances 👁️

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Literally the same words said in December 2021 could possibly prevent:

  • invasion of Ukraine;
  • death of dozens or hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and turning of millions of Ukrainians to refugees;
  • destruction of dozens of Ukrainian cities;
  • loss of Ukrainian territory to Russia;
  • loss of Ukrainian rare minerals to US.

The Trump administration is just saying loud what all the other NATO governors have been hiding. No one ever planned to fight Russia for Ukraine and the only destiny for Ukrainian aboriginals is to be used as proxy cannon fodder to fight one of NATO's bogeymen.

NATO countries never cared about Ukraine's casualities to the point that they decided that Ukrainian lives were worth less than a signed piece of paper with the aforementioned statement: 'No NATO for Ukraine'. Everything that happens to the people of Ukraine is just collateral damage on the way to the main goal – to harm Russia. The colonizer mentality (so well known to many NATO countries) never changes.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love how you get downvoted for stating the obvious.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why stop now: they’ve been downvoting us for saying these same things for years.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

voting is the only way libs know how to engage politically after all

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