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More like another Afghanistan, like the one the broke the USSR.
Except Russia has already lost ten times as many troops in a fifth of the time.
More like another Afghanistan, like the one the broke the USSR.
Except Russia has already lost ten times as many troops in a fifth of the time.
Weird to see a non-biased post about this conflict with a respectable news source on Lemmy.
What do you mean specifically when you say “the media”?
Yes I think you’re right about the Kremlin’s approach: they exacerbate weaknesses that are already there.
They understand Kremlin oppression.
Yes fair enough
Should have happened 6 months ago
If someone invaded your country and started murdering people you’d want to win the war.
divide and conquer
Bingo. I wish more people would see this, it’s shameful how badly democracies around the world have been caught with their pants down.
Authoritarian governments have a huge advantage when it comes to malicious propaganda. So much less oversight.
Yeah, I think other factors help them do it. A lot of their propaganda is designed to support political extremes that already exist.
Why go seek shelter from the Kremlin if he wasn’t already compromised? Seems like there are many better places he could have gone.
It does what?
How many people do you think the US has killed?
Guantanamo certainly wasn’t open torture, it was hidden and very controversial. My comment was about the current US government vs the current Kremlin, seems like you’re intentionally misconstruing it to make a point.
No longer safe is a biased way of interpreting the law which allows organizers to be held financially responsible for problems caused by their protest.
Thanks for the info. A couple big assumptions in there without backing, but I think I understand why you’re making them.
An uncomfortable perspective I’ve developed over the past few years is that some of these privacy sacrifices might allow the US government to more effectively counter malicious efforts from governments like the CCP and Kremlin who have no such restrictions. That said, I have no doubt they’ll also be abused.
Overblown based on what? Seems to me most people aren’t even aware it happened, and it was close enough that it likely determined the outcome.
I don’t trust him ever since he sided with the Kremlin. Also what is this website…
As another commenter said, Chelsea Manning is already out. Snowden wouldn’t be considered a terrorist.
The US government doesn’t openly torture, murder, kill to expand their borders, put people in jail for blank signs, or many other terrible things the Kremlin does. The US government is easily, hands down better than the Russian government.
Would you volunteer to go fight the Nazis?
I don’t think volunteer armies would have stopped Hitler, or many other conquering forces. Mutual defense is a critical part of society.
I think this is too nuanced for lemmy.ml to handle, they prefer black and white