I have no idea what the fuck you are going on about saying Ukraine isn’t much different to Russia??? Dude they were fucking invaded they don’t want to be part of Russia. They are a democracy - Russia is NOT, they are not similar at all. The Ukrainian people aren’t fighting and dying for nothing dude??? If Russia wasn’t that different they would have immediately surrendered rather than lose all the lives they’ve lost over this.

Ukraine is not a democracy. The current government came to power via coup and banned their major opposition party, which was most popular in eastern Ukraine. The people in eastern Ukraine didn't like the direction the government was taking, and had been cut out of the political process, so they rose up and seized control of some regions from the government, which began a civil war. The separatists asked for Russian assistance, and Russia sent troops in.

They aren't fighting because one country has more rights or freedoms or a higher quality of life, they are fighting for the interests of their state. The state's interests are separate and distinct from the people's interests. It would have been better if they had pursued peace rather than lose all the lives they've lost over this, even if it meant territorial concessions. Even if they won, it wouldn't be worth it.

I’m a socialist. But if you’re somehow saying that STALIN is someone we should have left alone because Russia was communist, like dude have you been on the crack or something cos you appear to have lost your mind.

We did more that leave him alone, we joined an alliance and fought alongside him. But NATO's fight against communism wasn't just about countering Stalin. Democratically elected leaders all over the world, from Iran to Guatemala, were forcibly overthrown the moment they tried to do something to help the common people, and were replaced by fascists who hunted down and exterminated leftists of all stripes.

You’re literally promoting appeasement. Do you remember world war 2? The policy of appeasement worked wonderfully there didn’t it?

This is the second time you've made that comparison.

As I said before, this comparison has been used in every major conflict the US has been engaged in for the past 70 years, and we can look back at them and see how ridiculous the comparisons were and how unjustified the conflicts were. They said the Vietnamese were like the Nazis, that if we didn't stop them there, they'd take over the world. How'd that play out?

You say that you don't agree with those wars. Alright, but that's very easy to do after the fact. When the US went into Iraq, many Americans were critical of Vietnam, and yet, the war had overwhelming support - just as Vietnam did, at the start. You'd get called a terrorist sympathizer if you opposed it. Then, after the fact, we can look back and see that it was no different, that it was just as unjustified. But it means nothing to say you're "anti-war" if it only applies after the fact, when it's too late to do anything about it, and if the moment our leaders roll out the propaganda machine and tell us "this time, it's different," you just go along with it. At the very least, you should be applying extreme skepticism to everything they say. These aren't just the same types of people who lied us into wars in the Middle East, in many cases, it's the exact same people in the exact same positions. I don't trust them and would never follow them into a war under any circumstances.