It’s strange that you continue to fall for this shit. It’s actually not strange, it’s kind of suspicious, but mostly comical. They could nuke Kiev and I guarantee you’d be on the lemmy post calling it fake news or trying to justify it.

For people who have dismissed accusations that Russia building an excuse for war

I’m pretty convinced at this point that a good amount of people on this site that are either Russian/Chinese propagandists, are apologists, or are just in complete denial. Every post about this has someone calling out Western media as fake news, etc, but here you go. Here is the proof. They all look like idiots with their foot in their mouths now.

God damn, enough with the bullshit. They invaded Ukraine. Full stop.

I knew this wasn’t far off. As a reminder, the authors are allowed to give you the paper if you ask them for it. Don’t need to pay.

I have to manually “unvote” my posts.

Do you think you’re some sort of white knight or something? No one really cares.

I knew there was a big one that I was missing!

Infinity, Apollo, etc. They’re all wildly superior to the actual Reddit app too and usually include an ad blocker.

Adguard for Safari is pretty good.

Got to respect the sass.

…he also has a right to use a cheese grater on his dick.

Infallible logic right there lmao

If only governments actually recognized this threat. They crave antagonistic encounters because it dominates the public discourse and action on climate change takes a back seat.

Yeah I agree. NATO originally formed in 1949, which is a world and a half different from the current world we currently live in.

I think the former is likely to happen over war. There will be some sort of law that restricts NATO membership or the like. Russia is considered to be in a partnership for peace with NATO, and that’s likely where the dialogue is surrounding. I think the number of NATO members who would rather negotiate peace outweigh the larger more influential members advocating for provocation (US and UK). I really want to see peace in the region.

Just finally read that linked article, and from where I stand, and the author of the article stands, Russia really has no right to make these demands. Nothing was officially agreed upon (signed by both parties). People give political promises all the time, but nothing is real until signed. What are your thoughts on that?

I am curious though, if Russia says they aren’t going to invade Ukraine, then why are they doing this massive military build up? Like what is the point? If the US/NATO refuse to cooperate with Russian demands… then what? Nothing? Do they just stay there?

This happens for me as well.

A tactic as old as time. That’s essentially the backbone of what sanctions are. Attack the people in hopes they will revolt against their gov’t.

…the Afghan people will be reliant on humanitarian aid for the foreseeable future.

I can’t help but feel like this is exactly what Biden wants. They’re holding these funds in hopes that people will rise up against the Taliban if I had to guess, which is really disingenuous because it will do nothing but cause sickness, hunger, and death.

“All of the foreign exchange reserves that are in the U.S. and Europe belong to the Afghan people,” said Shah Mehrabi, an economics professor at Montgomery College who serves on the central bank’s supreme council.

This is exactly how I see it too. Theft, plain and simple.