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Mike R's avatar

To understand just how crazy this has gotten, look at the presumptions that underlie these attitudes, and I'm speaking as a US citizen. When Americans rabidly attack Russia for invading Ukraine, and are told that the US has invaded a number of countries just in the last few decades, they respond with the typical 'whataboutism' accusation. The fact that the US has zero moral credibility to even criticize Russia is something which must be gagged and beaten to silence. But claiming that risking a nuclear war is worth it because Russia is so criminal takes the fantasy to a whole new level. They presume that not only is Russia pure evil, but that the US is some sort of benevolent power, intent on righting the wrongs of the world, always concerned about the welfare and sovereignty of other countries and the rights of the world's people, blah, blah, blah. As champion of the world's underdogs, it simply must do something, even if it risks WW3. Anyone with a few functioning brain cells and an ability to process information knows that this is pure insanity, that US behavior in the world is basically criminal, yet a good many people in my country engage in this delusional thinking, and apparently in much of the West. That hardly anyone in a position of power in the US is calling out this insanity has me worried. I realize that US is going off the cliff, but does it have to take the rest of the world down with it?

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Feral Finster's avatar

Today, Blinken was essentially trolling.

https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1576326018893492225?s=20&t=OzaWW06cQFhB_a-rK2DUkQ

The thinly veiled subtext is "Of course we blew NS1 and NS2. What you gonna do about it?"

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