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If you refuse to see the proxy war the US is waging with Ukraine via the regime they propped up for it and their continued imperialist/empire expansionist plans with NATO, then you are not "all about criticizing the US for its many MANY faults"
Motte-and-bailey. What happened to "nazi"?
You're speaking as if the US started it. They did not. Russia literally invaded Ukraine in the false pretense that they are under the control of a Nazi regime. There is no Nazi regime, barely even a functioning contingent, and certainly nothing out of proportion with the rest of the world's far right representation. If anything, this "proxy war" serves two purposes: 1. To field test new technology and 2. To undercut Russian propaganda. It's apparent to anyone paying attention that Russia is the aggressor, they've vastly oversold their own capability, and their propaganda machine is flailing.
I'm not saying there are no issues within the US that urgently need resolved, but let's be honest with ourselves -- authoritarianism is authoritarianism no matter their lat/long or cultural/economic history, at home and abroad.
Edit: got caught up in my own argument and forgot to mention the obvious third reason: to help the sovereign nation of Ukraine defend itself from invasion.
See, the mistake you made was assuming anyone here is capable of understanding how nuanced debate works. Itâs all or nothing around here. And if you so much as merely imply that communism/russia/authoritarianism/china is flawed in any way-
You get your comment removed and face the possibility of having you yourself removed.
Iâd strongly suggest you search elsewhere if youâre looking for an actual conversation on topics like this, because speaking southward in a northbound wind-tunnel wonât ever result in anyone getting the message.
I'm honestly surprised they're still up
Itâs not a school night.
Touché
That's right history starts on February 2022, nothing happened before then. đ€Ą
The US did start it, by constantly poking with threats and actions here and there. Like in 2014 when they overthrew the actual democratically elected Ukraine government for the crime of being "Too friendly with Russia" and then propped up the current Nazi regime that is completely russo-phobic.
They even went so far as to rename a city because it had a "Russian spelling".
Right, because the US told Yanukovych to brutalize his people, and also told the people to revolt and the supreme court to remove him from office, so he could flee to Russia. Not saying the West didn't see this as an opportunity to strengthen economic ties, but it was not a bear and stick moment. Why do you insist that only the West is at fault? Culpability is shared
Why would he tell people to ârevoltâ when he was the president of the country? That doesnât even make sense. Who did he âbrutalize,â specifically? It was the coup snipers who shot people in Maidan from rooftops. It was a false flag attack.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2023.2269685
I'm not going to get into a citation contest with you, that would be a train to nowhere. My final point still stands.