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Agreed. I am Ukrainian. Family had to leave Donbas in 2014.
Yes, arming Ukraine in 2014 with ballistic missiles (among other things) and authorizing strikes deep into russian territory would have been not only the right thing to do, but also a key requirement of the Budapest memorandum.
My comment was more in the context of real weapon deliveries only starting since the full scale invasion.
I remember how the Germans put a big stink when Ukraine started using the Bayraktar drones in the line of contact in Donbas before the full scale invasion. What a bunch of spineless cowards.
Good news, but why did it take nearly three years?
The ATACMS, Patriots, F16, modern tanks should have been delivered in the first 12 months to strike russia when they were less organized.
Can you elaborate on this?
I am not American (although I have lived there). I am just curious.
Ukraine is the only country in the world that has the full moral authority to develop nuclear weapons. We are the only country to give up nukes and look where that got us.
That being said “moral authority” isn’t worth shit in this world.
South Korea, Poland and the Baltic nations should honestly try and develop their own nukes too.
Ukraine is the only country in the world that has the full moral authority to develop nuclear weapons. We are the only country to give up nukes and look where that got us.
That being said "moral authority" isn't worth shit in this world.
South Korea, Poland and the Baltic nations should honestly try and develop their own nukes too.
Lack of courage and bold ideas from liberal democrats.
While I generally agree with messages in the interview. I cannot help but notice the overly positive attitude towards Gorbachev (albeit with some nuance):
At the end of the Cold War, Gorbachev played a crucial role. For me, he is truly the hero who helped bring it to an end – not alone, but it was very much a personal matter. He started in 1985, and if we imagine what might have happened if the Soviet Union had continued unchanged, it would have been catastrophic.
Gorbachev believed communism needed reform, thinking it was possible. In my view, we can all be thankful for this misconception. I believe communism couldn’t be reformed, but because he thought it could, he initiated change. Had he believed reform was impossible, he wouldn’t have started at all.
Gorbachev supported the continued occupation of independent countries via the USSR. He also approved of russia's annexation of Crimea. There is a lot more commonality in worldview between putin and Gorbachev than the interview would lead one to believe.
Recognize the goods things that he did, but also recognize that he very much supported the russian genocidal imperialist mindset (that is still widely popular in russia today).
That's a fair point.
Difficult to say. One possible area to look into is formerly colonized nations that have experienced very strong economic growth in the last 30 years. What do you think?
Would Brazil be a good example? I believe colonialism ended over 200 years ago and they've seen pretty strong growth in the last ~25 years. How would you rate their attitude towards modern colonialilsm?
What about South Africa? Or is that a bad example. Their consistency on the topic of imperialism is interesting to say the least.
Does this hold true even if these countries (often times the population at large, not just the leadership) are avid supporters of imperialism and brutal occupations?
This is not unique to Arab Americans.
There is a decent amount of Ukrainian Americans who support independent Ukraine, but also think Trump would stop the war and be a better choice for Ukraine. Although it seems that this is somewhat less common than in the Arab American community (I could be wrong).
This is of course complete bullshit. Trump is a corrupt American oligarch with degenerate tendencies. Oligarchs protect their gangs, expand their territory and give kickbacks to partner gangs (e.g. allowing unsafe "full self driving" rules for Elmo's organization). This is not even a Trump or American thing, this is universal.
With respect to Gaza, the Israeli oligarch gangs have far more money and influence on Trump's crew. Then there is also kinship ties.
But this was a shrewd move by Trump's crew. I think some proportion of the Arab American community will become life-long supporters irrespective of what happens in Gaza (I think their concern for Gaza is a bit more nuanced than what one may think at first glance).