67

Archived link:

https://archive.is/D3DuQ

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] DistractedDev@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

It doesn't exactly take mental gymnastics to think Putin might lie about something if he thinks it'll give him an advantage.

[-] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Agian I ask of Trudeau made the same claim, or the Prime Minister of New Zeeland, would you be making the same argument

[-] abbenm@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Agian I ask of Trudeau made the same claim, or the Prime Minister of New Zeeland, would you be making the same argument

Wouldn't that depend on their particular geopolitical interests, which could be entirely different from those of Russia?

I feel like these questions are so absurd sometimes not because an answer is being sought but because it succeeds at the goal of degrading the quality of conversation.

[-] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml -1 points 8 months ago

I am not trying to degrade the conversation, but I know how they usualy go. What I am saying is I feel that there is a fundimental lack of understanding of the geoplolitical interists of russia, and not only that, it would be the simpliler solution to assume that Putin is speaking honestly when he says he would prefer to work with Biden, even if that reasoning is as simple as he thinks biden has a better chance of winning and saying this now will make deplomacy easier in the future. I think it is a bit bold to just jump to the conclusion that because Putin has said X he really means Y, and it feels much more like the world view you subscribe to requries putin and the Russian Federation to want Y so no matter what is being said you will make it so it really means he belives Y.

load more comments (5 replies)
load more comments (5 replies)
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2024
67 points (76.0% liked)

World News

32281 readers
473 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS