Quote (Black XistenZ @ Aug 30 2024 12:51am)
Afghanistan was literally bordering the USSR and had been taken over by hostile islamists, so that war is actually quite comparable to the Ukraine war (from Russia's pov).
That second analogy is a mess, man. So you're saying that Russia stopping its war effort now would be "literally surrendering their people and nation to slow genocide"? Seriously?
Like I've said two pages ago (and countless times before that throughout this thread): if Russia's primary goal was to protect the Russian-speaking population of the Donbass from being "genocided" by the "Azovites and the nazi regime in Kyiv", they could stop right now. This objective has already been accomplished, if that was their true motivation, they wouldn't need to keep on pushing forward into Ukrainian territory or to keep shelling Ukrainian cities.
They couldn't stop right now, without first dismantling the present illegitimate regime. When we invaded Germany, we didn't stop at the Treaty of Versailles borders, we went in to dismantle the regime. This seems pretty clear to me.
This is the third time that the Western host has attempted to invade and subjugate Russia. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the 3rd invasion began. They don't hold any illusions about intentions from our side: the intention is to eradicate the Russian culture, a genocide. You can't just ignore the awful and abhorrent rhetoric against Vladimir Putin, the democratically elected Russian President. The rhetoric used against him is the rhetoric of conquest - "he's an evil dictator and must be stopped, Russia must be deputinified!" France tried, then Germany tried, now the USA & Western Europe under the NATO banner is trying, and failing for a 3rd time. To discuss this war without first acknowledging the aggressive expansion of NATO into Russian territory is disingenuous. I personally think we should leave Russia alone, engage in mutually beneficial trade & exchange of culture, be happy that the Soviet Union collapsed and be happy that Russia is making a genuine effort to rebuild their nation and Christian identity.
To state the obvious, an occupation of Ukraine is necessary to reform the country within the bounds of Russian Imperial law after a cease of hostilities, like every other war that ever ended in history. US troops are still occupying many nations today, 80 years later. The Russian people are not blind to the hypocrisy.
This post was edited by El1te on Aug 30 2024 02:14pm