• Maoo [none/use name]
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    1011 months ago

    UA, and by that I mean its state, has been a naked pawn since 2014, responding to Western interests to stoke and prolong civil war by the Russian border, target ethnic Russians with discrimination and violence (and Roma, and LGBTQ+ people, etc), and generally toy with joining NATO, a highly aggressive anti-Russian military organization.

    The dominant Western propaganda narrative is to try to get everyone to forget the breathless reporting their media outlets did on Ukraine from 2013-2022 and to instead use absurd little terms like, “unprovoked invasion”, which I would guess is also where the idea of UA being simply defensive comes from. Yes, they were invaded by Russia, but they’ve also been ratcheting up pressure on Russia for a decade through various cynical moves, beginning with a coup against a government that was becoming slightly friendlier with Russia. The most notable events just prior to the RF invading was a huge ramping up of shelling of the Donbas, including civilian population centers.

    Anyways, yes it is bad to keep pushing the “escalate and fight to the last Ukrainian button”. It would be much better if Ukraine were forced to negotiate peace and were not acting as a pawn against Russia rather than a state protecting its own people.

    I’d like Ukrainians to be alive and not in a war.

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 months ago

                  If Russia wanted to end the war so bad they could just leave. Ukraine doesn’t have that option.

                  Russia invaded Ukraine to gain new territory. If you want the war to end as it stands now, then you’re okay with giving up land and the people they’ve kidnapped from it to a fascist regime in a war of aggression. That’s supporting a fascist government.

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                    1311 months ago

                    Okay but instead of making infantile suggestions that no one with any sort of adult mind think is even possible, including the US and Ukrainian Militaries, why don’t we talk about actually likely ways to end the war? Why are the two choices perpetual war and unilateral surrender? It sounds an awful lot like you want to fight “to the last Ukrainian”, to me.

                  • SuperNovaCouchGuy2 [any]
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                    1111 months ago

                    Ok, but how is supporting a peace deal to facilitate the outcome of russian forces withdrawing a fascist position?

    • Jaytreeman
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      111 months ago

      Reasonable and nuanced opinions aren’t allowed on the internet. What are you trying to do here? To show that you’ve got media literacy that’s a little better than Russia=bad.