• gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org
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    4 hours ago

    neither of the articles (about russia that i’ve read in the last few years) seems to be interested in asking even the most existential question: why would there be a conflict in the first place? why the heck does nobody even seem to care about the most fundamental of all questions? what the heck is going on there?

  • metermatic26@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Germans are living in their own special little fantasy world. The comments to this post alone are truly baffling.

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    1 day ago

    Would European Union let Germany alone against Russia? Would Poland let russian army cross their territory? Would russian expect Germany and Ukrain don’t unite?

    I don’t trust Russia would attack.

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      You’re trying to analyze Russia with logic. And there’s Russian saying to that “One won’t understand Russia with mind” (or intellect).

      It made zero sense to let territories occupied since 2014 to be run by banditry rather than make them propaganda projects. It made no sense to invade on full-scale rather than keep funding pro-Russian parties and eventually get another Hungary into EU. It makes absolutely no sense continuing the war. But Russia keeps doing that.

      I do believe chance of Russia escalating into EU isn’t big, but it’s not a logical creature, it won’t calculate its chances.

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      20 hours ago

      Remember, if Israel decides to drop a nuclear bomb on Iran all bets are off about what russia does with its nuclear weapons in Europe and you better believe Trump will NOT do anything to restrain russia in that eventuality.

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      Why even differentiate between Russia, Russia’s corrupt puppets in the US (and elsewhere) and fascists supporting Russia and their puppets? It’s all the same threat.

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        If Elon started to shill out money for AfD just like he did for orange turd before US elections - then he’ll just be the second biggest donor after Russia, because Russia been at it for more than a decade now. 🌝