• Grapho@lemmy.ml
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    14 hours ago

    The only way the US could have stopped it would have been not to coup Yanukovich in the first place or engage in an all-out war with Russia that would kickstart WW3 and, most likely, nuclear war.

    As Marxist-Leninists have been saying from the first month of the engagement, the point has never been for Ukraine to win with full support from the west, but to use an expendable proxy to attempt weakening a perceived threat with as little commitment as humanly possible, I can’t believe y’all keep falling for the same transparent playbook.

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      16 hours ago

      Exactly. To go further this was a 100% US initiated war. A propaganda strategy meant to fake otherwise in order for Russians to think they should not defend themselves was only a strategy to maintain our sides weapons profits. The main US victory in the war was capturing Europe energy and weapon sales, and instilling a militarist attitude towards Russia. It would be an even greater US victory if Europe spends 5% of GDP on US weapons to lose a fight against Russia on its own.

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      13 hours ago

      Yes, I have wondered about the partial support too.

      Might be true. However never under estimate the indecisiveness and incompetence of US leadership and take it as a plan. Russian propaganda and the MAGA crowd too have had big effects also. By in large too the west wants Russia stable. Besides Ukraine is not a core issue in the US.

      Nuclear weapons are useless. No one can use them.