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Nov 8 2022 01:33pm
Quote (Prox1m1ty @ Nov 8 2022 03:23pm)
Only shocked how poorly russian army performed.
1 month on they went from pretending to be a modernized force, to 20th century indiscriminate shelling.
They haven't evolved since Chechnya.
I used to think Russia was a paper tiger militarily .
Now I'm utterly convinced NATO would wipe the floor with them


I'm not really shocked, they have tons of outdated equipment and are fighting NATO equipped and trained troops receiving major logistical/intelligence support from the world's most advanced militaries.

Do you foresee an actual ground war between NATO and Russia? Seems sort of irrelevant to me because of the nuclear issue, they can't really engage on that level with eachother, and if they do it certainly won't be for Ukraine.
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Nov 8 2022 01:34pm
Quote (ownyaah @ Nov 8 2022 08:32pm)
I personally think that is actually overstated.

The main reason the destruction of Libya happened was because of France. Khaddafi was creating a "united african union", which would be a counter-power to areas that have historically been under French (sphere of power).

A large portion of African security was financed by libya by the way. So after libyas destruction these countries have been ravaged by islamists which in turn has made them fairly unstable.


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Quote (Djunior @ Nov 8 2022 09:33pm)
Hi lviv lvivz palasan jamesroberts


Nice objectivity, suits your addicted to whataboutism self well.
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Quote (Djunior @ 8 Nov 2022 20:25)
Why was Libya bombed?

Why did the West bomb Syria?

And why was that called Arab Spring, lol


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so your idea of "legitimacy" is based on agreements? Agreements rarely are "legitimate" or timeless, they are often arbitrary or used as political tool.

A few of millions of examples of agreements going to shit:

UNSC "agreed" on a no fly zone in libya (nato bombed it to shit)

kranie/russia "agreed" on minsk 1 and 2. (ukraine bombed donbass to shit)

gorbachev and west "agreed" on no westward expansion (nato is at russias doorstep)

What agreement is there for US to be in syria, at TANEF? What international judgement? Are you trolling?


whenever you're confronted with undeniable facts you default to "b-b-but what about x, y, z?!?"
again, two wrongs don't make a right. ukraine is a sovereign nation with internationally recognised borders, which include crimea. that's a FACT. no lazy whataboutism will change that.

the gorbachev agreement is a lie, there is no such thing - as is the alleged donbass genocide. ukraine has every right to fight back russian invaders.

the simple truth is: russia doesn't have ANY better justification to invade ukraine than mexico has to attack the US or mongolia to invade russia. almost every single nation in the world could come up with countless historical grievances against any of its neighbours, but that does NOT legitimise wars to redraw internationally accepted and agreed upon borders.

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Nov 8 2022 01:36pm
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Yes there was a time they had friendly relations (they even warned gaddafi when the americans tried to kill him)

but this soured once ghaddafi seriously created an african union. He was also talking about a gold-based currency and other shit, that made the french nervous.
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Yes there was a time they had friendly relations (they even warned gaddafi when the americans tried to kill him)

but this soured once ghaddafi seriously created an african union. He was also talking about a gold-based currency and other shit, that made the french nervous.


Gotta love that benign western hegemony!
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Nov 8 2022 01:38pm
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whenever you're confronted with undeniable facts you default to "b-b-but what about x, y, z?!?"
again, two wrongs don't make a right. ukraine is a sovereign nation with internationally recognised borders, which include crimea. that's a FACT. no lazy whataboutism will change that.

the gorbachev agreement is a lie, there is no such thing - as is the alleged donbass genocide. ukraine has every right to fight back russian invaders.

the simple truth is: russia doesn't have ANY better justification to invade ukraine than mexico has to attack the US or mongolia to invade russia. almost every single nation in the world could come up with countless historical grievances against any of its neighbours, but that does NOT legitimise wars to redraw internationally accepted and agreed upon borders.


So only wars that don't change "international borders" are okay? So you can bomb someone into oblivion, as long as you install a puppet or simply yeet out of there?

Not gonna lie, your logic is pretty flawed.

This post was edited by ownyaah on Nov 8 2022 01:39pm
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Before i go, fender is a troll by the way
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Quote (Prox1m1ty @ Nov 8 2022 09:33pm)
Agree with alot of that. The only upside I can see for the authoritarian powers Russia, China and their peripheral allies, such as North Korea or Belarus.
Is that with authority comes a conviction in direction. Whether that direction Is to benefit of the majority of people. Or as in the case with Ukraine to the benefit of the Russian regime.

Western democracies are slower and more prudent in action
Particularly China would have a highly motivated wartime industry.


China and Russia should never be mentioned in the same sentence to be honest. Its completely different set of ideologies both culturally and historically. Chinese are far too intelligent to pull dumb stunts comparable to what Russia has done. China likes silence, external conflicts are far too loud for its ears.

This post was edited by Palasan on Nov 8 2022 01:40pm
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whenever you're confronted with undeniable facts you default to "b-b-but what about x, y, z?!?"
again, two wrongs don't make a right. ukraine is a sovereign nation with internationally recognised borders, which include crimea. that's a FACT. no lazy whataboutism will change that.

the gorbachev agreement is a lie, there is no such thing - as is the alleged donbass genocide. ukraine has every right to fight back russian invaders.

the simple truth is: russia doesn't have ANY better justification to invade ukraine than mexico has to attack the US or mongolia to invade russia. almost every single nation in the world could come up with countless historical grievances against any of its neighbours, but that does NOT legitimise wars to redraw internationally accepted and agreed upon borders.


You're a hypocrite and you've got zero feeling for international politics.

No nuclear power is going to accept this kind of shit happening at their border.

NATO should've realized that and said well fine we had a damn good run and forget about further expansion East.

Simple as that

This post was edited by Djunior on Nov 8 2022 01:43pm
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