• EmmiLime@lemmy.ml
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    13 hours ago

    “oh, the middle east? idk why you care about it because there’s wars there all the time for some reason”

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      8 hours ago

      I’ve literally seen libs, who when questioned why African countries shouldn’t receive the same priority on aid as Ukraine, responded with “I don’t really care about dictatorships”, WHICH LIKE IF YOU DON’T THEN KEEP THE MILITARY OUT AND LEAVE THEM ALONE

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        8 hours ago

        Libs will call Sahel states “juntas” “dictatorships” and so on the second they hear Russia is helping them decolonise, not to mention Ukraine is also sending soldiers to help recolonise them.

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    8 hours ago

    Ahh yes, “liberating” a population by bombing them. A policy shared by both NATO and Russia. Both should look at China’s example for an alternative path.

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      8 hours ago

      Actually Russia’s first solution was the Minsk agreement, then their second solution was the second Minsk agreement, then they had a war and during the war they agreed to a negotiation with Ukraine (early on into the war) which America and Britain proceeded to have thrown out