Mine scrapped out on me after 8 months of daily commuting

“Oh yeah let me just insult him, that’ll get my point across.”

I don’t like being painted as someone who is told what to think. I do not think the Ukraine war is a “good one”, there are no “good” wars. I simply empathize more with the victims of imperialism and not the perpetrators of imperialism.

Those children should have been led to Ukraine to reunite with their Ukranian relatives since they are citizens of Ukraine. And if you are not talking out of your ass, would you kindly provide proof that they’re “reunited with their families when they’re located” and not just assigned to whichever family is keen to get govt money for raising kids?

I did know. That why I remember the Budapest Memorandum, in which Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty was guaranteed by Russia in exchange for their nukes. I wonder why y’all didn’t bring that up?

Damn this is like, triple-distilled Kremlin Copium Reserve right here. Putin is an entirely rational actor? Lmfao! Is that why he picked a fight with a country a quarter the size of his and got a black eye? Is that why he flip-flopped in the Budapest memorandum? Is that why he blew up Priggy and pals for everyone to see?

Also, what kinda American provocations are you talking about? Was it the billions in IMF money Russia got in the 90s? That was provocative for sure. Or is it when they sent a spy to infiltrate your ruling party? Oh wait, Butina was Russian, it was the other way around, nevermind.

You are still operating on the assumption that Russia can somehow win this war? Despite its best soldiers and equipment already being spent while the Ukies bathe in the latest NATO gear? Sure, they may be having trouble with their counteroffensive, but that don’t mean that the Russians can mount one of their own. The best case scenario for Russia is a ceasefire and a North/South Korea situation, with a backwards, authoritarian North (Russia) and a prosperous, democratic South (Ukraine).

Here, you attempt to flame Ukraine for shutting down humanitarian corridors because Russians attack them, and your source also states that Russians attack them? Do you even read your sources?

And this doesn’t even mention that, when Russia opened their own humanitarian corridors, they conveniently only led to Russian or allied Belarusian territory (instead of back to Ukraine, where a lot of these fleeing Ukranians wanted to go).

Oh boy they returned 31 children of the tens of thousands they’ve kidnapped, truly Russia is a messiah-state here to deliver us from western oppression

Also I haven’t made anything up, I’ve sourced all my claims, Ivan

Yeah, because in 2014, half their country was occupied by a foreign invader lol.

Oh no my neighbor is seeking alliances after I annexed their shit, how conniving of them!

Kidnapping Ukranian children and forcibly adopting them into Russian families is genocide. It is an explicit attempt to erase Ukranian culture.

Wow dude, this little number you’ve written here has so many logical fallacies and projections.

First of all, in no way am I defending the US invasions of the Middle East. Shit was bad and unnecessary.

Second of all, Russians are absolutely bombing hospitals and buildings full of children. They bombed a building in Mariupol that was used to house children and had that written on the roof. I’m also worried that they’re kidnapping children and robbing them of their Ukranian identity.

I think the war should continue for as long as Ukrainians are willing to fight. And not because I’m a cartoon villain that wants them all to die; I think any deal with Russia’s mafia leadership isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. The Russians have already stomped all over the Budapest memorandum that guaranteed Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty, why would they honor any other deal? At best the Russians would use the peacetime to resupply and rearm and try again later.

Are you saying that there are only two options? You either leave them to die or indoctrinate them into Russian families? No in-between?

This is in no way equivalent hahaha. What kinda swill do they hand out in the IRA breakrooms these days?

Russia is invading the heartland of another distinct ethnicity and purging it. Ukraine is not doing that. It is simply clamping down on political liberties to ensure a stable war economy and political situation. This happens in every country that is forced to fight for it’s own existence.

Well the Russians have been stealing Ukranian children and forcibly adopting them into Russian families to rob them of their national identity. They’ve been bombing civilian population centers and infrastructure. Putin put out this silly speech in which he claims that Ukrainians are just confused Russians and that’s why they need to come back into the fold (and just let their country and identity be destroyed). Lotsa proof there. I think the fact you haven’t found any and are still asking belies your biases (you’re probably another fucking Kremlin stooge).

I have not cheered for anything. I regret this situation as much as anyone. I simply think that it’s plain silly to capitulate to a mafia state that kidnaps and “re-educates” your children, bombs your hospitals and schools, massacres your villages and whose leaders have openly questioned the need for a Ukranian identity. I also think it’s quite telling that these “peace appeals” are only made to Ukraine, even though it takes two to tango and Ukraine isn’t the one trespassing.

The intentional destruction of a people in whole or in part. Russia is doing that to Ukraine.

Yeah they should just submit to a genocidal invader! That’s WAY better than dying!

This is false. Having kids is very important. The earth can sustainably support billions more. That is, if a certain percentage of people did not hoard all the wealth and resources.

Dang is that your best rebuttal? USA whataboutism? And assuming that, just because I saw this nonsense on my feed and deigned to disagree, I automatically support any dumb old war and gleefully cheer on the carnage?

The way to end this war is to make it clear to Russia that Ukraine has the West’s absolute and unending support, that for every day they spend engaged in this fruitless invasion, their society plunges closer and closer to the stone age. This is best done by meeting Ukraine’s materiel requirements and continuing to diplomatically isolate Russia. If Ukraine gets F-16s, the war will be over by Christmas.

Please also remember, the West is not the aggressor here. Ukraine’s membership in NATO was explicitly refused in 2008 and at the 2021 Brussels summit, shortly before Russia invaded anyway. Russia had no reason to believe that Ukraine was gonna become an American military base, but invaded anyway. The moral responsibility for any casualties that have/will have occurred as a result of this war fall squarely on the shoulders of Russia’s mafia-style dictatorship.