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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Russia invaded Ukraine, they have even tried to assasinate the elected leaders of that country.
They continue to perform what are basically terrorist attacks with long range drones and missiles against civilian targets.
Most recently they destroyed a dam that they controlled, in a manner which could only be achieved from within, that they had spent the last few months filling beyond it's designed capacity.

Despite this, the weapons supplied by NATO for Ukranian defense are given under the proviso that they not be used to attack Russia - hence why the Himars are not shooting into Russia, despite them having the range, accuracy and valid targets.

Whilst some of the world might be on Russias side (the Chinese government would certainly like to absorb Taiwan and are watching to see how the world has reacted), your statement about the majority of the world being on Russias side is laughable, simply based on the visible support from broader Europe - especially the neighbouring countries such as Poland.

Australia is effectively a vassal of the US, that part is true.

The rest of this is just bullshit and you sound like a cooker.

Edit: Hey @[email protected] , I was tempted to ask for mod status, but I don't know if I can abide by

  1. Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.

The above isn't welcome.

[–] lodion 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You did better than I did. I've modded you and banned him for 7 days.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I think you did pretty good!