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In reply to the discussion: Russian and Ukraine troops battle in south, prompting fears that invasion has begun [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)Phew! Mission accomplished!
Or I guess the hilarity comes from people being completely unconscious about it even after it's happened.
Kind of like how the Republicans don't see that ISIS is the direct, predictable result of the US-UK war of aggression in Iraq.
Moscow's committed some big atrocities - Chechnya comes to mind. The biggest international crimes by far have belonged to US-UK, however. After the war of aggression in 2003, nothing in the behavior of the lesser great powers should come as a surprise. The tone was set by the indispensable nation, the lone superpower, the one that had the opportunity to lead the world to peace and chose to gear up for new wars, and to pretend it gets to dictate policy to everyone else no matter how incredibly hypocritical. Everything "humanitarian" always happens to advance some U.S. geopolitical or corporate interest.