• NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
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    14 hours ago

    Now this is just a dim take. We are fighting a war via a proxy (Ukraine) by offering the financial, logistical, and weapon support. Hence, a Proxy War.

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      7 hours ago

      What’s dim is refusing to recognise that this war was started by Russia. Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, then increased their invasion in 2022. Ukraine asked the West for military help so the West provided military help.

      Maybe Ukraine should have been allowed to join NATO years ago when they asked, and then they might not have been invaded.

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        42 minutes ago

        Ukraine’s not a member of NATO and i never disputed who the primary aggressor was in this war.

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          19 minutes ago

          Ukraine’s not a member of NATO

          Indeed. That’s why I said maybe Ukraine should have been allowed to join NATO years ago. That might have prevented this invasion.

          i never disputed who the primary aggressor was in this war

          So you think Russia invaded, but then the West used this as an opportunity to harm Russia. Maybe the West wasn’t interested in harming Russia for the sake of harming Russia. Maybe the West just wanted Russia to stop its invasion of Ukraine.