The Cold War was never exclusively about ideology (capitalism vs communism), it was always also a good old power struggle between the two leading nations at the time.
The word "previously" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, since you're talking about events which lie one full century in the past. :rolleyes:
"How could I, as a German, ever trust the Italians again after Italian nationalists previously massacred Germanic people?" - see how ridiculous this logic becomes as more and more time has passed?
Virtually no living Ukrainian has suffered ethnic discrimination at the hands of the Poles, nor are there any Poles under the ripe age of 80 left who suffered from the terrorism of the OUN.
That's probably true for the later years, as the years went by the US forgot what it was all about, which was constraining the aggressive expansion of Bolshevism, thus protecting the would-be victims. Even then, to continue the aggression
after winning the war was madness and stupidity. After defeating an enemy in war the proper action is to mend ties, pacify the population through aid and mercy, etc. Like the Marshall plan. This was a colossal fuck up that turned the new reformed Christian Russian state against us. Madness and stupidity.
It's relevant because like I said they're the same people: Banderites, with a continuous unbroken transfer of knowledge. If you had an ethnic Latin faction who had a continuous transfer of knowledge from the generation that wanted to reclaim a part of present Germany (from a claim to the Roman Empire I guess? Depending on the parts?) you absolutely should be concerned.
You're right that no living Ukrainian has, but they don't care. They care about redressing historical grievances. Of which Galicia is a huge one going back many centuries.
This post was edited by El1te on Feb 4 2025 11:13pm