You tell us, we're still trying to figure out what purpose Russia is trying to fulfill in eastern Ukraine, tanking your economy? Sending soldiers on vacation? Making sure Putin doesnt have to sing poorly infront of laughing hollywood celebs? Tbh if invasions were predictable, we would have..... Prevented them.
That's exactly the problem. US and EU fight wars where you're not ready to own and care for what you actually won.
Those (South Korea, Japan) are examples of proper imperialism as it was practised in 1950. When people understood that investing in fallen enemies is how you should approach winning - after disastrous results of trying to bleed Germany dry that led to WW2.Oh we're bringing in the US in to compare? Well how about look at s.korea vs n. Kore, japan,
It's too bad that West forgot this approach, instead going for exploitation of refugee flows to solve their labour problems while leaving destroyed countries to rot.
Staying on top means constant effort. We need those surrounding countries to expand our markets and prop up our relevance in future negotiations.It still doesnt say anything about why you'd support a crap system, if you're too chickenshit to be against it (is that even allowed on the internt anymore in russia?), just sit it out, no need to get on the losertrain just because there arent others around.
If Ukraine will admit defeat we might help rebuild them too.
But if they want to play rivals then we're quite willing to beat anything they care to wager.
As opposed to 6/6/6 Iraq ... so much of improvement, no bias at all! :P
Spoken like someone living early in the last century, colour me surprised. Btw the EU havent fought any wars and the rather outdated mindset you seem to promote cause wars.
I guess we should use the Russian approach, of turning previous allies into enemies by beeing simpletons.
Btw any proof of the conspiracy theory of an ukranian action, or is it still just "FSB says"? Call of duty screenshots perhaps?
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Out of interest may90, do some russians buy into the propaganda because they hope it's true? I can imagine rejecting it, would also require that they realise that their system isnt working for them, but simply to make sure, that the ones in power stays in power.
Check Turkey? Are we talking about the Erdogan who shot down a Russian jet? The turkish strategic location and military is important, but other than that, Turkey is run by a crackpot who is worse than Putin in every aspect, imho the west should ditch Turkey untill the simpleton erdogan is gone, its ironic that him and putin have some kind of love/hate relationship going on, I swear its lile watching a marriage.
And far from the EU did, you might wanna look up on how many countries the EU consist of "uk, france" is less than 10% of the countries.
I don't know the reasons well, honestly, but I would think that it is a natural mechanism of coping. Life in Russia is not fancy for the vast majority of people, there is a lot of negativity, depression, hopelessness around. In these conditions, it is convenient to blame someone else for these problems (in this case, the West), and to believe that the current ruler is doing everything he can to fix it and is succeeding. The system plays on this weakness, it offers a narrative which is supported by the population, because sweet delusions are easier than facing harsh truth.
Dictatorships are very similar to each other. I used to think, long time ago, that the leaders in them push propaganda through a thick layer of resistance and somehow succeed at that. Now I tend to think that people themselves want to be coerced.
Next thing the US should stage some US citizens claiming to be canadian attacking US buildings to invade canada! DOwn with terrance and phillip!
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And i really missed your posting Shalcker our own kremlin paid fake norwegians arent close to the real thing as yourself.
There are enough varieties of cheese to my liking, thank you
Too bad that milk production can't actually satisfy increased demand from cheeses, but oh well, some brands are still good enough.
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Well, Ukraine also couldn't find better offer... then coup happened and they lost it.
Also, you think Turkey ditching NATO would mean nothing similar? No support for "Independent Kurdistan"? Haha, very funny.