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When do you think Ukraine invaded Iraq? You mean the Soviet union controlled my Moscow?
In the 2000s. The Ukrainian troops were officially congratulated by the US.
Haha.
At least study a little bit about this topic.
You probably also think that the most successful anti-colonial force that massively improved people's lives not only domestically but also abroad by aiding liberation movements (in their fight against you) was somehow bad.
Tankies gonna tank.
Hope you pass the purity test when they come for you.
Going to note that you didn't dispute anything of what I brought up (and you did not even acknowledge the fact that you have been supporting Ukraine invading Iraq), but just decided to make a personal attack against me. This is despite you being shown to not have a good understanding of history and of current events that you speak confidently about.
People who literally support their tanks crushing independence of countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas sure do love to say that to people who oppose colonialism and nazis, as if that is somehow bad. All while not being able to refute any of the 'tankies' claims. The word 'tankie' just means 'a person who is correct'.
Going to briefly elaborate on the USSR, though: off the top of my head, the USSR not only successfully resisted the Lebensraum and put an end to the Holocaust, it also aided the liberation movements in Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, Mozambique, Angola, Afghanistan, etc., and the USSR improved lives domestically with things like guaranteed housing, guaranteed access to education and elimination of illiteracy, guaranteed access to healthcare, world's first achievements in the sort of women's rights that we take for granted today, 60% increase to life expectancy (relative to the pre-WW1 statistics) in the first 30 years of its existence, elimination of famines that were common in the Russian Empire, and so on.
You don't really have an argument for why the USSR was supposedly bad, and it's time to admit that to yourself.