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I don't like people suffering as much as you do but I cannot conclude from these videos that these people were deliberately attacked by Russians (I mean videos with the footage).
You are posting ukranian sources and as much as u sympathesize with their suffering it is wartime and information is propaganda.
Most economic models need to stop assuming that the typical actor is rational. Putin is clearly not objectively rational, at best subjectively rational within the realms of his ideology (unite the ethnically Russian people). Add to that miscommunication within all sectors of government just to please your superiors and that's how you arrive at the, sorry, shit tier decision making surrounding this entire war. Anyone…
> Putin is clearly not objectively rational, at best subjectively rational within the realms of his ideology This is the only type of rationality. What are you imagining when you say "objectively rational"? > Most economic models need to stop assuming that the typical actor is rational. Being rational as defined by your personal ideology is what economic models postulate when they assume rationality.
Yes and otherwise the prisoner’s dilemma wouldn’t be a thing.
See, Human Rights Watch doing witness interviews and picture analysis is what I call evidence. Some video or picture somewhere on social media not so much. I've seen to many of those, from wars years ago in different parts of the world than the one the claim to be from, to actually believe any of those anymore.
These videos aren't from early-mid 2000s middle east where westerners can't tell the difference. They're clearly Ukranian cities and very high def videos (which didn't exist in past Soviet/European wars).
One thing you should really take away from this ongoing propaganda / information war is to never blindly trust what seems to be "evidence". Especially if that evidence is confirming your own biases and preferences. Because that willingness to believe information is what makes propaganda so powerfull.
We could have put troops in the country before the invasion.
Isn’t that exactly the kind of the arrogance of the West pushing the boundaries as the East has argued is its red line ?
Yes but the logic you hear in the news now is that doing something like a no fly zone would be provoking ww3 because then Russians and Americans would be fighting directly.
So then if troops had been put there first it would be Putin starting it, and even he might not be crazy enough to do that.
By wavering the west has gotten into a position where Ukraine is being destroyed.
The number of warcrimes committed by the Russians is astounding. But shooting at fleeing civilians has to earn you a very special place in hell. This is pure blackmail, and it won't stop here.
They did it previously, in Chechnya, in Debaltsevo. No one did anything, besides "seriously concerned of reports".
Exactly. In Chechnya the Russians continued to bomb Grozny until the whole city was a ruin and people surrendered. The UN called Grozny 'the most destroyed city on earth'. But there were almost no consequences for Russia, the world just stood by and did nothing.
Is it subtle? Wikipedia says Ukraine was in the “Intensified Dialog” phase which apparently means they are engaged in ‘discussion of a "full range of political, military, financial and security issues relating to possible NATO membership“‘ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO#Intensif...
So is it bureaucracy holdup or a matter of negotiations?
Negotiations, but mostly one sided. Country bordering Russia such as Ukraine have been invaded in the past during USSR time and are in fear of being invaded again (for good reasons as we all know now). They want to be part of an alliance like NATO to protect themselves, thus start the negotiation process. But NATO is aware that would be seen by Russia as a red-line to not cross, Putin has been more than clear on this topic for a while, threatening to use nukes multiple time during the last 15years or so. Because of this NATO communicated quite clearly that Ukraine won’t be able to join any time soon, which means never, but keeps negotiations open.
Isn’t that exactly the kind of the arrogance of the West pushing the boundaries as the East has argued is its red line ?
Yes but the logic you hear in the news now is that doing something like a no fly zone would be provoking ww3 because then Russians and Americans would be fighting directly. So then if troops had been put there first it would be Putin starting it, and even he might not be crazy enough to do that. By wavering the west has gotten into a position where Ukraine is being destroyed.
> By wavering the west has gotten into a position where Ukraine is being destroyed.
And this I agree. So now maybe the United States will stop wavering on Taiwan.
World you like to see photos? There are many posted on some of the darker subreddits.
Photos of victims are not evidence of much in themselves.
Civilians can be hit in cross-fire. So you need evidence that civilians were targeted. Then, you need evidence of whom targeted them, which may or may not be that simple to find.
At the moment, all pictures and accounts in the media and online are purely emotional because the aim is to provoke emotional reactions, not cool-headed analysis.
I’m surprised there is no technical solution to shell-ing. Some kind of autonomous anti-shell gun that shoots them down mid flight? It seems like a fairly common problem.
Tanks have active protection systems. Practically they are little grenade launchers that trace and obliterate the oncoming projectile.