• Raphael@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s OK guys, America isn’t provoking a war or anything like that.

    Just tell, has a war EVER started because America was sending troops and building military bases where they shouldn’t?

    • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      A guy walks into my house and stabs my wife. He starts eating the food out of my refrigerator. I don’t call the police, because I wouldn’t want to provoke him.

      Fuck entirely off shill.

      • zephyrvs@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Thanks for reducing the complexity of international politics to something I’d expect from a late night TV bizarre true crime documentary. You’ve certainly elevated the debate!

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        1 year ago

        I want to see your reaction when China puts 83k troops in Cuba.

        Nah, I know exactly what you’re going to say.

            • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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              1 year ago

              If defending Ukraine from Russia will lead to nuclear warfare then failure to defend Ukraine will lead defending the US, which will lead to nuclear warfare. Putin has demonstrated that nothing will ever be enough for him. Remember when we tried letting him have what he wanted? That’s how we ended up here.

              • klieg2323@lemmy.piperservers.net
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                failure to defend Ukraine will lead defending the US, which will lead to nuclear warfare

                What? That makes zero sense. You do realize that when the US, a nuclear power, enters troops into the Ukrainian conflict backing Ukraine, Russia, another nuclear power, will directly declare war on the us and that war will very quickly escalate into a nuclear exchange.

                I think you’re trying to say in some deranged way that if the us does nothing Russia will somehow decide to keep going (even though it’s proven they are having difficulty in Ukraine) and pick up more countries until they get to the us and decide to nuke it?

                You seem to think this is exactly like WW2 and Hitler but only superficially. Like you heard the WW2 talking points and distilled them into perfectly fitting here. Which yes, one country invading another is a similarity. However it’s a similarity with almost literally every conflict in the world.

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                  1 year ago

                  Oh yeah, the invader is a nuclear power…everyone let them invade!

                  No. Screw Russia. They’re pathethic and getting a taste of their own medicine.

                  • klieg2323@lemmy.piperservers.net
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                    1 year ago

                    Screw Russia. They’re pathethic and getting a taste of their own medicine.

                    So will you if a nuclear war is triggered. Do you really think protecting Ukraine’s sovereignty is worth burning down the world in an exchange of nuclear weapons?

              • klieg2323@lemmy.piperservers.net
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                1 year ago

                So you are personally prepared to die over a few regions in Ukraine that want to be Russian? Do your friends and family know you’d like them to die or suffer a nuclear apocalypse so some insignificant corner of the world can finally be free from Russia, Ukraine, and Modern Civilization?

                Sounds like you didn’t pay attention to 20th century history so here’s the cliff items:

                Nuclear war = very bad. No winners. Most die. Civilization collapses. Mad max ensues

      • Addfwyn@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        There were protests, undeniable. Initially there were peaceful protests from people who had reservations about Deng’s policies, that the CPC openly engaged with. Li Peng met with these protestors in April. However, the CIA saw the opportunity to forment an uprising and so pushed several student “leaders” into more aggressive actions. “Leaders” who expressed motivations such as wanting China to be controlled by the West.

        Even western sources at the time, including ones such as the NYT and Reuters, said that there wasn’t much happening. In the Square itself, there were no casulities. In the entirety of Beijing there were casulties among the PLA, police, and protestors alike. PLA soldiers were unarmed until they were attacked by protestors.

        In the square itself the tank (which was leaving the square, not entering) stopped for the infamous tank man, who then…walked away unharmed. Do you think that would happen in many other countries? Considering we see US police charging full speed through protestors, I certainly don’t.

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          1 year ago

          Your are poorly mistaken. There are plenty of gorey pictures and videos of lots of dead and dying protesters in Tiennemen Square from that day. Thousands were killed according to many witnesses.

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      1 year ago

      Provoking war with whom. Russia is already at war with Ukraine lmao. Maybe dont start a war if you dont want war provoking bla bla