• invo_rt [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    These deeply unserious people managed to find an old bottle of vintage N*zi Germany era anti-Slavic racism and have been gulping it down heavily. It’s literally the “superior Western Europeans cannot be defeated by the inferior and stupid Slavic hordes RUZZIAN ORCZ. Operation Barbarossa will be a success!” all over again.

  • Othello [comrade/them, love/loves]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    After the fiasco in Afghanistan, I can see how intelligence agencies could become cynical about the commitment of local populations to fight for their own freedom.

    However, we discovered that the people of Ukraine were not cowards like the people of Afghanistan

    holy shit holy shit someone should drop this fucker in a warzone

    • Krause [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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      9 months ago

      the taliban offensive lasted 3 months and the result was the complete control of afghanistan and the seizing of billions of dollars worth of american equipment by the taliban

      we’re over 6 months into the hyped ukrainian counteroffensive and all they have to show for it is some miniscule dots on a map and huge casualties on their side

    • zed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      Neither were cowards, both corrupt war machines started to break down when the flow of US money dried up. It has nothing to do with individual bravery, everything to do with a puppet state being cut off after it proved insufficient for our needs

      These motherfuckers need materialism

    • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      fight for their own freedom.

      “Freedom” once again just means “Western rule”.

      Pretty sure it makes very little difference for the average Ukrainian whether wholesome100 Cpt Zelenskyy or evil Putler is in charge of their government. Russians are not any less “free” than Ukrainians, if anything, their freedoms are limited by Western sanctions and being banned from participating in international competitions.

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      9 months ago

      not cowards like the people of Afghanistan

      I don’t know how you could look at the modern history of Afghanistan and not think that Afghan people are brave to the point of insanity.

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      Wow this rivals “an outbreak of gratitude among the Iraqi people” as one of the things someone can say to get themselves Disney fastpassed instantly to the front of the wall line

  • 420stalin69@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    Russia won’t pull out, Putin has to appear powerful. It doesn’t matter if it ruins Russia economically, he won’t ever stop.

    Russia is the fastest growing economy in Europe.

    They have a birth rate well below replacement and are bordering on demographic collapse. They can’t afford to lose millions of men like they could in WW2.

    Once about 32 million Russians die (probably early 2025) then the door will be locked in and the whole rotten edifice will fall down.

    What I hate is most people don’t seem to realise it’s not only about Ukraine. Letting Russia win opens a whole other can of worms. Do we really want authoritarian powers with imperialistic ambitions around the world to think they can just invade what they want and wait until the West gets tired?

    The west is the vanguard of anti-imperialism.

    Meanwhile, Russia has had to sell oil at loses, has had assets frozen, has suffered heavy sanctions meaning lack of materials and equipment/technology, and has had to switch to a war time economy. Meanwhile, it has barely made a dent in the wests finances.

    Russia the fastest growing economy in Europe.