submitted 1 year ago by Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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There was a post from a mass media site the other day saying Turkey was approving Sweden to join NATO. This turned out to be a bit of wishful thinking.

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[-] Serinus@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Would you prefer a fight like Ukraine's (even if you win), or would you rather make sure the fight never happens?

It's clear Putin doesn't care about Russians dying. They've always just thrown blood at their targets.

[-] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

How many Ukrainians have described their own battlefield as a "meatgrinder"?

[-] alexius@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I’m worried at some aspects of your comment that seem xenophobic in nature. Most Russians disagree with the decision to attack Ukraine and even a dictator like Putin can’t pull the string forever without breaking it. We already saw the consequences of him having to rely on mercenaries a couple weeks ago. He had to rely on them because there are not enough people willing to fight. So russians in general aren’t some zombies or pawns, we shouldn’t look at them that way.

On the other hand, I don’t see a real risk of Russia invading Sweden, and don’t even consider NATO’s response to a Russian’s hypothetical threat of invasion to another country to be the same, so in the end, while they didn’t get to join, I think they can move on without any damage and try joining later when conditions change. They’ll still be de facto protected.

[-] Waldhuette@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Your comment is really weird. You are arguing about something the person you are replying to didn't even say.

They didn't say most Russians agree with the war. They also didn't say Russians are zombies or pawns.

All they said was that Russian (Soviet union) leaders have a history of sacrificing their own citizens. That's an undeniable fact.

And stating that is in no way xenophobic.

[-] alexius@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

In my view, the comment implies that Russia invading Sweden is a decision that falls solely on Putin’s will. How is that not something that reduce russians to pawns or zombies, or them being ok with whatever war their leader instructs? They are invisible to the commenter, and that’s disturbing to me, honestly.

Of course Putin is unable to start yet another war. He’s only partially getting away with Ukraine, and even with years of planning and propaganda, he’s struggling to stay in it, and is relying heavily in straight up mercenaries who may or may not be russian, they’re just hired assassins.