• Raphael@lemmy.world
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    Why is the agressor attacking Ukraine though, has any liberal journal told you the reason? Has any of them told you about the american military bases quickly encroaching into Russian territory?

    Has any of them told you the kind of policies Zelensky implemented? No, they haven’t.

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      Last I checked, having a military base is not grounds for invasion and sovereign countries have a right to determine their alliances.

      And even if it was grounds for an invasion, which it emphatically is not, Ukraine didn’t have any and the major European states were against Ukraine joining NATO until after the invasion.

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          So you approve of the United States actions towards Cuba then? Since you approve of Russias actions towards Ukraine?

          Right, didn’t think so.

          Why it’s almost like you aren’t basing your stance on any kind of ethical value or set of principles at all….

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            Last I checked, having a military base is not grounds for invasion and sovereign countries have a right to determine their alliances.

            What I think doesn’t affect the fact that US policy considers having a military base to be grounds for invasion. In fact, I have no influence on US or Russian foreign policy and what I think about it doesn’t matter. The fact is that the policy is pretty consistent (FWIW, out of the big powers only China hasn’t actively invaded everyone who drops a military base near them). Stick to the facts.

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              The facts include the fact that Ukraine doesn’t have any American military bases.

              So you are still wrong.

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                https://www.kyivpost.com/post/10511

                The Minister of Defense claims that they are (were) drawing up plans for the construction of NATO bases in the country as early as 2020.

                Now, sure, Eastern European countries are well-known for being hopelessly corrupt and talking out of their asses so anything their government says is worthless, but Ukraine has consistently postured that they would like to join NATO and NATO has consistently postured that they would like for Ukraine to join NATO.

                https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/why-nato-has-become-flash-point-russia-ukraine

                Plus, the Monroe Doctrine (which motivated US action in Cuba, Costa Rica, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Nicaragua, Grenada, and Panama) literally describes exactly Russia’s motivations… So it doesn’t matter if you or I don’t like it, because geopolitics has no morals and Russia and the US operate on a whole other plane of what’s “right” and what’s “wrong” than the rest of us.

                These countries think that they should be in control of the entire world and that the entire world would be a better place if they were in control. They trample over other countries’ right to self-determination and force changes that the population itself doesn’t want in the name of ideals that never realize.

                So are you really surprised that Latin American countries don’t want to align themselves with the West?

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                  2020

                  So after Russia invaded? Did you forget Crimea?

                  Not to mention Sweden of all places can’t even get into NATO. You think an Ukraine that was partially occupied was getting in? You think the Russian government doesn’t know that?

                  Are you ignoring NATO membership for Ukraine was already torpedoed by France and Germany who are only changing their mind now because Russia decided to try and take the whole country? So no NATO has not “consistently postured” any such thing. It was explicitly decided at The 2008 summit to not offer them (or Georgia) membership. The US cannot unilaterally add anyone to NATO. Nor does the general-security of NATO get to decide that. No action plan or invitation was offered. The words have about as much weight as countries claiming they will stop global warming. Without concrete action, meaningless.

                  I’m not sure when you are citing the Monroe doctrine like that established some kind of precedent when Russia has been invading and neighbors before the United States was even a country.

                  I don’t care who Latin American decides to back. That’s their sovereign right. You know, that thing that’s being violated by Russia. I never said anything about it.

                  What I adressed was a comment playing apologetics for Russia with inconsistent application of its standards.

                  So don’t try and hide behind the some “might makes right””geopolitics” BS now.

                  After all, if our standards and morals don’t apply to the conversation since these are globe coinquering monsters who will do whatever they can get away then why are you still making excuses for Russia and blaming it in NATO.

                  Because you have an agenda.

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                    Might makes right is literally the foundation of geopolitics. Claiming otherwise shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how the world works.

                    It literally doesn’t matter what you or I think because that’s the reality we live in.