I want to see it end, and that’s one way to see it end in less than a month.

so you think western powers, who have exhausted their ammo and munitions stockpiles by sending them to be wasted/destroyed in ukraine will suddenly “end the war in less than a month” under a full hot war? lol you have no idea what you’re talking about

when you’re on the side of the US state department, you’ve done something wrong

Also, these cluster bombs mostly kill civilians? Would love to see proof of that.

Holy shit please use this new service called google. you can look things up and learn about history there.

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/11/1186949348/us-cluster-munitions-civilian-casualties-laos

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It already has been a war between Russia and Nato. Where do you think Ukraine is getting all of their military equipment?

No. As nations we’ve decided what weapons are inhumane and cannot be used. For instance they cannot use chlorine gas, no matter how effective that might be at clearing trenches

The US says that the new cluster bombs are much more reliable

The US says a lot of things that are not true. They also said agent orange used in Vietnam didn’t have lasting health effects but that is a horrifying lie. Children are still being born with birth defects to this day in Vietnam because of agent orange. In no way should the US be trusted with what’s “safe/reliable”. Especially in wartime, when the US and its weapons manufacturers stand to benefit from the sale of these weapons.

Ukraine should be allowed to decide how best to defend themselves.

No. As nations we’ve decided what weapons are inhumane and cannot be used. For instance they cannot use chlorine gas, no matter how effective that might be at clearing trenches

there isn’t really any ‘nobility’ in ‘taking the high road’ while marginalized communities continue to get owned and killed. Trans kids are being targeted, women are being targeted, BIPOC are being targeted.

what good is civility? authoritarian leftism is the only way to get results

and how did those tanks perform this weekend? and how many of those tanks are ACTUALLY IN UKRAINE right now? without air support those tanks are sitting ducks and will continue to be destroyed.

ISW was founded by an historian. please tell me you’re joking when saying anything they say should be taken seriously. this shit is so easy dude, how do you all get dooped by these people every time.

you’re going to see a lot more of these stories as the collective west tries to find a way to back out of supporting Ukraine.

they’ve never cared about Ukraine they were (dumbly) hoping russia would topple over internally but that was never going to happen. now they have to do a turnabout saying “wow the heckin russians are more powerful than we thought”

i am once again urging you to understand that the war began in 2014.

the LPR and DPR regions are ethnically russian. they were living peacefully until 2014 when their political parties were disbanded and they’ve been systematically shelled by ukranians every day since 2014. minsk 2 would have reintegrated Donbas with Ukraine with some protections for its minority population, but Ukraine didn’t even implement the first step. zelensky was elected on a platform of ending the war, but when he tried Azov told him they would rather coup his government than stand down. at some point when negotiations are broken down the only thing any organization has left to do is resort to violence, which the Russian state did when it felt threatened enough by NATO (which if you’ll recall spent months warmongering prior to the invasion start) to justify the risk.

oh cool, i’ve found the military understander. so what is Ukraine’s strategy here? What does victory look like for them?

In weapons, ammunition, and soldiers Russia outnumbers the AFU, as assessed by any reasonable expert. Russia sees this as a special military operation, not a war. They are comfortable being conservative with their resources and not committing too many at once (which is what they’ve done so far). Even with this restraint, they are killing Ukrainian soldiers at a higher rate than Russian soldiers are dying. Russia has an army, including reserves, of around 2million soldiers.

Look I hate seeing young men sent into a meat thresher because they are serving the interests of NATO and capitalist interests. I wish the AFU had the courage to not waste the lives of their soldiers and come to the negotiating table so that no more lives are senselessly wasted

so if i understand correctly, you’re saying it’s ok to do this salute today as long as I’m saying I’m doing the Roman one, not the Nazi one?

Nah dude sorry, context does not matter if the phrase/symbol has been used for fascist terror. That salute (and the phrase above) has been used for fascist ends. It’s done and can no longer be used

never the original aggression…

Ah the Maidan Coup, ya the Ukrainians shouldn’t have done that, you’re right

you know it’s possible to ‘dislike’ Russia and at the same time know that they will completely overpower Ukraine, right? you’re letting your hatred for Russia blind your understanding of military power and strategy