Quote (ownyaah @ 8 Nov 2022 17:25)
Iraq, Syria, Libya, etc enters chat. You telling me all those wars also happened because of big ego putin? Or was it big ego trump/obama/bush? Deathcount of those wars is like what 100x ukraine war. War is just an extension of diplomacy&politics.
No, answer is in all scenarios it was about interests. Whether the leaderships decision turned out as favorable or not is another discussion.
Simplifying conflicts that derive from conflicts due inherent interests as the "ego of X or Y" is the most retarded take of all time. Nobody should entertain such retarded logic, geopolitical conflicts almost always have a root-cause far beyond something so stupid as ego "x or Y". Even if 10 putins die, the conflict would've happened unless there was a massive shift of alliances involved(an example being Russia turning to American puppet-gov). Any russian leadership, that gives a fuck about russian security and national interests will try their hardest from allowing nato to build up on their border with ukraine, this has nothing to do with putin. The only reason they allowed finland, and baltics was because they were in a state of weakness and couldn't do anything about it.
Anyhow im done with d2jsp politics forum, 99% people here have a political level understanding akin to the marvel universe series.
did you honestly think i'd defend american / western imperialism here? no, two wrongs don't make a right. doesn't change the fact that the journalist and political opposition murdering dictator pootin has started a war against ukraine, killing countless civilians, and threatening the world with nuclear war.
no "political interest" justifies that, no matter how many whataboutisms you make.