• Mrs_deWinter@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    Believe it or not, a country being rich in resources doesn’t make it morally okay to invade it.

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      2 months ago

      Believe it or not, but nobody made that argument. However, it is now pretty clear why Europe is fighting Russia in Ukraine.

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        2 months ago

        Well if you agree that Russia is undeniably the aggressor here and must be stopped we should all be damn glad that Europe is supporting the fight against them ““for the resources””

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          2 months ago

          Nah, I don’t agree with your simplistic narrative at all. This is a proxy war between NATO and Russia where NATO is cynically using Ukraine instead of doing its own fighting. The fact that anybody. genuinely believes that the west is “helping” Ukraine is absolutely hilarious.

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              Ensuring that Ukraine is destroyed while hundreds of thousands of people die, and millions more have their lives ruined is an interesting way to help. This whole war could’ve been over in a negotiated settlement two months in. The west forced Ukraine to keep fighting, and it’s the reason the war continues. During that time the situation for Ukraine has continuously deteriorated, and at the end of all this there might not be any Ukraine left. With friends like these, who needs enemies.

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                2 months ago

                Well, sounds like we should help Ukraine even more, since Russia’s idea of peace negotiations can be summed up as “lol just give up”.

                I mean surely that’s what you’re advocating for here, right? Better support for Ukraine to survive the war of aggression, which, as we established, is Russias fault and entirely reprehensible.

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                  2 months ago

                  If you still don’t understand that the west lost this war, then you’re going to have a hard time grappling with the events in the near future.

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                    2 months ago

                    Again, if I assume you’re a sane adult it still sound to me like you’re asking the west to do even more.

                    Another way to read this would be if you’d claim the adequate response to fascist warfare is to instantly surrender and give the aggressor whatever they want - which would obviously completely ridiculous.

                    So enlighten me, which one is it?