Interesting article that talks about the similarities between now and 1938, and the sort of lessons we can learn from history.

    • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      You are really good at reading between the lines, but I’m referring to the wide array of foreign mercenaries mostly.

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        5 months ago

        None of those foreign mercenaries have invaded Russia. They are inside the borders of Ukraine defending Ukraine from invasion.

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          5 months ago

          I’m not even the native english speaker here, but the line I responded with originally was:

          Russia was famously invaded multiple times by the same sorts of people they’re fighting now.

          there are French, German, UK, US and a wide array of european mercenaries there, all of those countries have had a part in invading Russia in the past, some of them multiple times.

          The the original assertion that russia has never stopped invading places - I pointed out that it’s been invaded repeatedly (US/UK/French expeditions during the civil war, Barbarossa, Napoleon to name a few) - which doesn’t really line up with that image of an unstoppable invader.

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              5 months ago

              The US/UK supporting the Russian Czar during the Civil War isn’t an invasion.

              Yeah just like how this is special military operation!

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                5 months ago

                There is no civil war in Ukraine and Putin recognizes Zelensky as the legitimate head of state. So not the same at all.

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                  5 months ago

                  But the two republics are also recognized and did ask for help as well, hence the SMO- and idk what you would consider 2014-2022 in ukraine but civil war would be a fair description in my opinion.