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186 points drak0n1c | 13 comments | 01 Dec 23 05:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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goalonetwo ◴[01 Dec 23 06:27 UTC] No.38483814[source]▶
The whole defense industry leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Once you peel the narrative that we are supposed to be the good guys (hint: in some/most cases, we are not), you realize that you really just help to kill people.
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adastra22 ◴[01 Dec 23 06:40 UTC] No.38483888[source]▶
You can stick your head in the sand and pretend that humanity is not an intrinsically violent species, and that if we all held hands and sang Kumbaya we'd be able to get along peaceably and without need for defensive tools.

Or you can wake up to the reality that a strong defensive, and sometimes offensive capability is required in order to enforce the state of peace that we all take for granted, and be part of the process of keeping all the sheeps safe.

The sheepdog is a scary beast. It growls, it bites, and it intimidates sheep and wolf alike. But the herd is better off with it than without.

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zmgsabst[dead post] ◴[01 Dec 23 07:06 UTC] No.38484016[source]▶
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1. ethanwillis ◴[01 Dec 23 07:15 UTC] No.38484063[source]▶
Why did you use the word Banderite?
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2. zmgsabst ◴[01 Dec 23 07:20 UTC] No.38484083[source]▶
Banderites: followers of Stepan Bandera.

You know, those people with Nazi insignia that are celebrated as heroes in Ukraine.

And feature in NATO photos.

https://www.newsweek.com/nato-says-it-didnt-notice-ukraine-s...

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3. yakshaving_jgt ◴[01 Dec 23 07:27 UTC] No.38484127[source]▶
You have to be pretty out of touch (or just dishonest) to think that russia’s war against Ukraine has anything to do with Naziism.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/02/pro-kremlin-ne...

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4. zmgsabst ◴[01 Dec 23 07:35 UTC] No.38484165{3}[source]▶
Russia’s war in Ukraine is about NATO being on their doorstep and the failure of negotiated peace.

That doesn’t change that the US trained and armed Banderites in Ukraine.

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5. yakshaving_jgt ◴[01 Dec 23 07:48 UTC] No.38484240{4}[source]▶
No, it isn’t. If it was, they wouldn’t be moving ordnance and personnel from Kaliningrad and their borders with Finland to Ukraine to bolster their invasion.

My previous assessment hasn’t changed. You are either blissfully ignorant of the reality of the war in Ukraine and russia’s aims, or you are deliberately spreading misinformation here.

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6. repelsteeltje ◴[01 Dec 23 08:12 UTC] No.38484387{4}[source]▶
To be fair, in hindsight I can see why Russia felt threatened by NATO after Ukraine jumped from its lap feb 2014. But framing the Maidan events as some sort of US sponsored Nazi coup seems a bit of a tangent.
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7. koonsolo ◴[01 Dec 23 08:36 UTC] No.38484536{4}[source]▶
Russia invaded Ukraine for the same reason it started a war with Chechenia and Georgia. Let me tell you: it has absolute zero to do with NATO. NATO however, has everything to do with Russia constantly trying to invade their neighbours.

Besides, NATO is already at their doorstep with Finland. Did it change anything?

And how can you negotiate with a country like Russia? Peace deal now is an invasion in 5 years.

8. numpad0 ◴[01 Dec 23 11:04 UTC] No.38485449{3}[source]▶
Is Anduril(and by extension Palantir...?) Russia connected? The -M suffix used in the weaponized version is reminiscent of Russian nomenclature("Modified" or "Modernized" in Russian spelling).
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9. adastra22 ◴[01 Dec 23 11:15 UTC] No.38485506{4}[source]▶
No.
10. skjoldr ◴[01 Dec 23 13:50 UTC] No.38486616{4}[source]▶
NATO countries have never attacked peaceful and non-aggressive governments that take good care of their own people.

Russia, obviously, is not one of them. It's their problem, not NATO's.

11. skjoldr ◴[01 Dec 23 13:53 UTC] No.38486636{5}[source]▶
Putin felt threatened because he couldn't understand how his puppet was ousted, as he doesn't believe in the concept of grassroots political opposition or the existence of the Internet, and came to the irrational conclusion that it must have been Americans. Yet another proof that out of touch old men in power bring ruin to their people.
12. skjoldr ◴[01 Dec 23 14:01 UTC] No.38486724[source]▶
A smaller nation adopting the old symbols of what their current attackers deem the greatest threat to their existence that they had ever faced, seems like a surprisingly hard concept to understand. People should really read more biology, defenseless species of animals adopting the bold and provocative colors of another, poisonous species, that look somewhat like them, is not an unheard of form of mimicry.
13. ethanwillis ◴[01 Dec 23 16:33 UTC] No.38488649{5}[source]▶
I think your previous assessment is right. I asked my initial question because it's not typical for someone to use the word Banderite. Combined with an account creation in Jan. 2022 and a history of comments like this. Well, it's strange.