Pentagathoos
Squire
It does appear that sometimes the enemy of my enemy is actually a bit of a ****.
It does appear that sometimes the enemy of my enemy is actually a bit of a ****.
Elon's doing some things right.He will get leverage over anyone's ability to communicate, because there is the implicit threat of banning accounts he doesn't like or algoritming them down. Yes, he claims he's against this now, but give a man powers and he will abuse them if he's not accountable to anyone.
There are over 10,000 starlink terminals operational in Ukraine. The Azov regiment isn't using all of them.Supporting neo-Nazis?
Yeah, by this logic everyone who has sent any kind of aid to Ukraine is also a Nazi supporter. It doesn't quite hold up, because Azov is the only group of any considerable size and even then they are still quite a small portion of the Ukrainian National Guard. There are thousands of Ukrainians for each Azov member, and they've got homes to defend.Supporting neo-Nazis?
But they are not fighting for democracy. They do like nationalism and race theories though.Not to mention that even if every member of Azov is a nazi, a nazi fighting for democracy and liberty of his nation is ten times better than a decent man killing and looting in the name of a fascist ideology of his.
Whatever they believe, they are defending their homeland from foreign invaders. If my country is invaded, I hope all its citizens will rally to its defence irrespective of their political persuasions.But they are not fighting for democracy. They do like nationalism and race theories though.
If Nazis could be made to fight for a democracy every country would have their SS corps. Not just the country we can't criticize right now.
Not to mention that even if every member of Azov is a nazi, a nazi fighting for democracy and liberty of his nation is ten times better than a decent man killing and looting in the name of a fascist ideology of his.
Does the Azov fight for the right side? Yes. Is it the most important consideration? Also yes.
That reads suspiciously pro-Nazi. Again, not in the sense of "people shouldn't defend their homes", but somehow, I get from it something along the lines of "eh, it doesn't matter if they are five-star turds, killing people for years just because they don't agree with their religion, skin colour or opinion, because NOW they are defending their homes". Maybe I am wrong and read way too deep into this.Whatever they believe, they are defending their homeland from foreign invaders. If my country is invaded, I hope all its citizens will rally to its defence irrespective of their political persuasions.
These people are also defending their country from Roma, Muslims, Jews, communists, people of Russian ethnicity, and non-whites in general. They do a lot of defending!Whatever they believe, they are defending their homeland from foreign invaders. If my country is invaded, I hope all its citizens will rally to its defence irrespective of their political persuasions.
Maybe. I doubt that many of them will survive the steelworks. So we'll never know.These people are also defending their country from Roma, Muslims, Jews, communists, people of Russian ethnicity, and non-whites in general. They do a lot of defending!
You are. My political leanings are liberal/socialist.Maybe I am wrong and read way too deep into this.
A Czech journalist spent some time and his opinion basically was that the unit is not really built on anything race-related, but rather on very intensive anti-russism. My point though is that an army naturally attracts radicals and that a country can not afford to eliminate radicals from its ranks in a bad weather. Does the Azov fight for the right side? Yes. Is it the most important consideration? Also yes.
Our UK government (along with the USA & Russia) signed the 1994 Budapest Memorandum supposedly supporting Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity in exchange for their nuclear disarmament. You might want to read it. https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/{65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9}/s_1994_1399.pdfBut the fact that my own government is going out of its way to send billions of my tax pounds to these people
Withdrawing aid from Ukraine military on moral grounds at the present time, especially with such a clumsy excuse as that there are bad people in an army that clock more than 200.000 men even before mobilisation, is a complete lunacy for me.
you may wanna recheck that thoughtJacob, you are not from a country that has any historical experience with Russia nor any experience with foreign occupation, widespread destruction and war crimes, being a puppet state, oppression and human rights abuse or with authoritarianism as such.