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[CT-Rich]

Of course they do. If countries achieve their security through wars, then there should be no exceptions.

Well, that is very 15th century of you. how does a country with 10% of the population, no nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to Russia? If it weren't for massive international aid, Ukraine would not even be able to protect itself, much less hurt Russia. Would Ukraine have been able to get western arms to invade Russia?

1992-1993 – Russia occupied Transnistria​

1992-1993 – Russia provoked the Abkhazian war​

1994-1996 – first Russian-Chechen war ​

1999-2009 – second Russian-Chechen war ​

2008 – Russian-Georgian war​

2015-2022 – Russia’s invasion of Syria​

2014-2022 – Russian-Ukrainian war​

And that doesn't even include all the counties it invaded to maintain the Soviet Union, often against its own "allies"

• Iran (1941–1946) ...
• Hungary (1944–1991) ...
• Romania (1944–1958) ...
• Bulgaria (1944–1947) ...
• Czechoslovakia (1944–1945) ...
• Northern Norway (1944–1946) and Bornholm, Denmark (1945–1946) ...
• Eastern Germany (1945–1949) ...
• Austria (1945–1955)
• Hungary 1956
• Czechoslovakia 1968
• Afghanistan 1979

and don't forget the two winter wars against Finland.

 

[admikar]

Well, that is very 15th century of you. how does a country with 10% of the population, no nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to Russia? If it weren't for massive international aid, Ukraine would not even be able to protect itself, much less hurt Russia. Would Ukraine have been able to get western arms to invade Russia?

1992-1993 – Russia occupied Transnistria​

1992-1993 – Russia provoked the Abkhazian war​

1994-1996 – first Russian-Chechen war ​

1999-2009 – second Russian-Chechen war ​

2008 – Russian-Georgian war​

2015-2022 – Russia’s invasion of Syria​

2014-2022 – Russian-Ukrainian war​

And that doesn't even include all the counties it invaded to maintain the Soviet Union, often against its own "allies"

• Iran (1941–1946) ...
• Hungary (1944–1991) ...
• Romania (1944–1958) ...
• Bulgaria (1944–1947) ...
• Czechoslovakia (1944–1945) ...
• Northern Norway (1944–1946) and Bornholm, Denmark (1945–1946) ...
• Eastern Germany (1945–1949) ...
• Austria (1945–1955)
• Hungary 1956
• Czechoslovakia 1968
• Afghanistan 1979

and don't forget the two winter wars against Finland.

Now do the same for USA and see which list is longer. You are correct, it does not absolve Russia, but you might want to get off your high horse.

 

[tarponchik]

Now do the same for USA and see which list is longer. You are correct, it does not absolve Russia, but you might want to get off your high horse.

In fact, Wikipedia lists 14 armed conflicts with the participation of the US since 1991. Among such, I can justify just one, the action against the Somali pirates.

 

[tarponchik]

Well, that is very 15th century of you. how does a country with 10% of the population, no nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to Russia? If it weren't for massive international aid, Ukraine would not even be able to protect itself, much less hurt Russia. Would Ukraine have been able to get western arms to invade Russia?

1992-1993 – Russia occupied Transnistria​

1992-1993 – Russia provoked the Abkhazian war​

1994-1996 – first Russian-Chechen war ​

1999-2009 – second Russian-Chechen war ​

2008 – Russian-Georgian war​

2015-2022 – Russia’s invasion of Syria​

2014-2022 – Russian-Ukrainian war​

And that doesn't even include all the counties it invaded to maintain the Soviet Union, often against its own "allies"

• Iran (1941–1946) ...
• Hungary (1944–1991) ...
• Romania (1944–1958) ...
• Bulgaria (1944–1947) ...
• Czechoslovakia (1944–1945) ...
• Northern Norway (1944–1946) and Bornholm, Denmark (1945–1946) ...
• Eastern Germany (1945–1949) ...
• Austria (1945–1955)
• Hungary 1956
• Czechoslovakia 1968
• Afghanistan 1979

and don't forget the two winter wars against Finland.

Of note, Russia did not "invade" Syria, their government invited Russian troops. The EU Commission blamed Georgia for the conflict of 2008; the occupation of Iran in 1941 was a joint operation with UK, and your inclusion of the allies of Nazi Germany during WW2 into this list is beyond disgusting.

 

[CT-Rich]

Of note, Russia did not "invade" Syria, their government invited Russian troops. The EU Commission blamed Georgia for the conflict of 2008; the occupation of Iran in 1941 was a joint operation with UK, and your inclusion of the allies of Nazi Germany during WW2 into this list is beyond disgusting.

I guess the Syrians were running low on barrel bombs and poison gas. That you are okay with Helping out Assad, but the West supplying Javalins is an outrage? Interesting perspective.

By the way, I am not defending the cluster-f*cks the US participated in. Being American does not mean condoning everything America has ever done. But that someone else did something isn’t an excuse for Russia to bomb a neighboring country into rubble and intentionally Cause mass civilian casualties.

Since the Russians are allowing zero independent press coverage on their side, it is a little hard to gauge how happy ethnic Russians are at “being saved”. The use of “little green men“ in Crimea might be a good indication that support for Russian annexation may not be that deep. The old ladies kissing Ukrainian soldiers in retaken villages may be a more accurate barometer than Putin’s staged visits.

 

[Eric802]

It’s good that we have Pravda to balance out the other coverage, I guess.

 

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