Yet notice the subtle difference of having a military as deterrence and not using it to the option of having a military and starting wars with it.It works well on both sides. "We're prepared for war because they are." The arms vendors win. — frank
Pakistan? How Pakistan? Actually Pakistan is just a great example and the way how the US treated a country that assisted a lot the fighters that the US fought and lost to. Pakistan is the crazy example of a country being an "ally" to both sides and getting away with it.While I agree that this is and should be what we should aspire to, the reality is sovereignty means fuck all. Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, rendition etc. — Benkei
Historical events aren't monocausal. Yet again this continuous ignorance of any agency of either the Cubans or the Ukrainians themselves.The Cuban crisis was averted because the Russians pulled back. NATO decided to play chicken with Ukrainian lives on the line. — Benkei
Well, if there's a will there's a way and those powerful nations can get their hubris shoved up their ass. It really healthy for them.It's not about taking sides but about recognizing that powerful nations will pursue their interests as brutally as they can get away with, regardless of who they are. — Baden
What I cannot understand why some cannot both oppose wars of conquest from both Russia and the US. — ssu
What I cannot understand — ssu
Personally, I think sympathy is controlled by narrative, exposure, and proximity rather than racism — Baden
Ok, can you explain to me the huge ethical difference you see between e.g. selling someone a gun knowing they're going to murder someone with it and giving them money knowing they're going to go buy a gun and murder someone with it. — Baden
I'm happy to be corrected on the facts. I just wonder if you agree that ethically there's no major distinction. If you sell someone a weapon knowing they're going to use it to kill civilians, you are partly responsible for those deaths, right? — Baden
So what was the end game here? Could've been a couple of things in my view. Either a wish to further intensify sanctions to weaken Russia. Make it spend a lot of money on a, possibly protracted, war. I don't really know and I Wonder if they actually thought that far. I find it more likely that hubris and incompetence have led to this. — Benkei
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