Was just wondering if anyone knows why cluster munitions are the only ones currently available to send? It's appalling to think so much has been expended already that there is a shortage of traditional munitions if that's the case...
Repeats the Russian narrative that NATO has - at least in part - somehow "pushed" Russia into the war with Ukraine. I would recommend the evaluations of historians who specialized on Eastern Europe rather than that of some economists. See for example the IWM Vienna discussion panel from earlier this week.
I condemn all wars and violence. But I am asking myself, how would the US respond if Russians or Chinese formed an alliance with Mexico, Canada and other South America countries to defend them from "USA aggression"? Why is the US still punishing Cuba?
It might be that not everything is always about the US (I'm from Europe). Some forces in the EU tried to emancipate Europe from the US (militarily) and thought they could bring democracy to Russia via economic cooperation. Projects like Nord Stream are the opposite of "aggression from the west". But to get it's own history and enemies wrong is a central piece of (Russian) fascism.
Furthermore, I don’t think we have the right to tell the Ukrainian people - victims of an imperial war - how they are (not) allowed to defend themselves or under which conditions they must agree to a peace deal. Nobody would argue that the Algerians didn’t have the right to fight French imperialism, or that the Indonesians should have accepted Dutch colonialism for the sake of peace.
One might argue that the Ukraine (if one concedes there is such a country) was the most important territory in the plans of the German nazis (and also the region where some of the most horrific crimes took place)
The crimes against civilians were appalling everywhere. But the nazi occupation was followed in Greece by a civil war, and the crimes of "both" sides during the civil war were appalling. It depends who describes them. Ditto for the Greek-Turk war and exchange of populations after WWI. Both sides, if we are to believe the witnesses.
Was just wondering if anyone knows why cluster munitions are the only ones currently available to send? It's appalling to think so much has been expended already that there is a shortage of traditional munitions if that's the case...
highly dubious article
Repeats the Russian narrative that NATO has - at least in part - somehow "pushed" Russia into the war with Ukraine. I would recommend the evaluations of historians who specialized on Eastern Europe rather than that of some economists. See for example the IWM Vienna discussion panel from earlier this week.
I condemn all wars and violence. But I am asking myself, how would the US respond if Russians or Chinese formed an alliance with Mexico, Canada and other South America countries to defend them from "USA aggression"? Why is the US still punishing Cuba?
It might be that not everything is always about the US (I'm from Europe). Some forces in the EU tried to emancipate Europe from the US (militarily) and thought they could bring democracy to Russia via economic cooperation. Projects like Nord Stream are the opposite of "aggression from the west". But to get it's own history and enemies wrong is a central piece of (Russian) fascism.
Furthermore, I don’t think we have the right to tell the Ukrainian people - victims of an imperial war - how they are (not) allowed to defend themselves or under which conditions they must agree to a peace deal. Nobody would argue that the Algerians didn’t have the right to fight French imperialism, or that the Indonesians should have accepted Dutch colonialism for the sake of peace.
You are telling somebody whose country tried to stop the Italian fascists and German nazis and suffered a terrible occupation for 5 years!
One might argue that the Ukraine (if one concedes there is such a country) was the most important territory in the plans of the German nazis (and also the region where some of the most horrific crimes took place)
The crimes against civilians were appalling everywhere. But the nazi occupation was followed in Greece by a civil war, and the crimes of "both" sides during the civil war were appalling. It depends who describes them. Ditto for the Greek-Turk war and exchange of populations after WWI. Both sides, if we are to believe the witnesses.