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I guess you can tell the same to the russian speaking people of Donbas that have been bombarded by Azov before Russia entered the Ukrainian civil war.
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I guess you can tell the same to the russian speaking people of Donbas that have been bombarded by Azov before Russia entered the Ukrainian civil war.
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My sense is they simply believe it actually, drawing on sources that seem organic and Western to them; the propaganda is that effective.
In any case: (1) there has never been a "civil war" in Ukraine in modern times; (2) Azov was formed in May 2014, well after Russia's invasions of both the Donbas and the Crimea were well underway; and (3) nevermind the rest.
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So, what you want is essentially pushing a whole country's population around for your own amusement? Very motivating, not gonna lie!
Amusement has nothing to do with it. This is one method among many for pursuing national geopolitical goals. It's a shame that the Russian populace has to suffer, I bear them no ill will. But if they ever want to get out of international sanctions then they know what they need to do.
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Most of those emigrees have returned. Out of all people I personally know only two still live abroad, and only one of them has no plans to ever go back (but has not changed his passport because it's truly difficult). And saying "they could easily have emigrated" shows that you have zero touch with the common man. No, many people can't "simply leave" even if their profession is in demand. Edit: ah, I now see your othe…
It helps to think of these people as essentially Mao's Red Guards. They are (I hope) still very young and as a result very absolutist in their thinking. They are fanatical about their country being the best because they haven't seen or experienced much else. And they get a sense of power from belonging to what they think is the group of the People Who Are Always Right. Mao's Red Guards. Because these ducks quack like…
It's rather confusing and hard to understand which side are you targeting here... Because only one is semi-fanatically defending their country while disregarding pretty much any argument or fact that doesn't align with that.
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>objectively You are funny.
Well if it quacks like duck? Then what is it..
Obviously I'm talking more about Fascist Italy than Germany. Both because of general ideology and military performance. Of course unlike in Italy's case there is no Nazi Germany to bail them out...
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The Russian government could compel pretty much anyone in Russia to do anything with minimal actual cost to it. Governments in US and other democratic states would be risking a lot more if if other government agencies, courts, media etc. figure that out. Therefore as long as they are somewhat rational they are less likely to engage in something like that.
And who has paid any cost after Snowden's revelations?
It did have a significant effect on on the reputation and trust in the US government. Possibly significantly affected the careers of some individuals.
Any equivalent would be more or less entirely downplayed or ignored by Russian media. Did the same happen in the US/etc.?
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How many people died to plutonium tea planted by CIA in Russia?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22006446 A member of the House of Lords, Lord Lea, has written to the London Review of Books saying that shortly before she died, fellow peer and former MI6 officer Daphne Park told him Britain had been involved in the death of Patrice Lumumba, the elected leader of the Congo, in 1961. When he asked her whether MI6 might have had something to do with it, he recalls her saying: "W…
In 1961.
You can also use some examples from the Boer war or even the Opium wars...
Nobody is equating Putin with Stalin either (he's more of a miserable version of Mussolini if we're being fair...)
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That certainly absolves Sadam of the tens of thousands of murders committed by his government. That's a perfectly reasonable and sane take. Hitler himself faced quite a few false accusations (e.g. even for crimes actually committed by the Soviets). Certainly that would mean that he did nothing wrong according to a troll like yourself?
>That certainly absolves That was a strawman argument.
Really how so? Is that not what you were implying? Or what was your point exactly? Besides the claim that Sadam being not guilty of some small subset accusations targeting him somehow changes anything?
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> innocent citizens Do you not think that at least 50% of all people in Russia would vote for Putin or his affiliates (even if the elections weren't falsified)? Therefore most people in Russia are certainly not innocent.
> most people in Russia are certainly not innocent. Nor are Americans, by this standard - what we've done directly in Syria & Iraq is quite bad and enjoyed substantial popular support.
Perhaps. However on the whole not particularly worse what the local governments were already doing there (more so in Iraq, though)
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So you don’t know that Russians assassinated one of their own on UK soil? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvi...
Your comments have no relation to the topic of the degree of accountability of American special services.
So are you trying to equate Britain and Russia because of something that the MI6 did over 60 years ago? Seems a bit absurd...