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1511479[/URL]]- It's a war, nothing dubious about that. Except it was neither unprovoked nor unexpected. Putin was pushed into a corner and reacted predictably.
- This war is getting disproportionately more attention and negative coverage by western media compared to other recent and ongoing wars, especially where the US is (or sides with) the aggressor.
- The nature and amount of sanctions imposed on Russia are overdone. No one seems to care about how this is affecting ordinary Russian citizens, and how it is going to affect them for years to come...
- The Russian army is neither weak nor unprepared, it is only portrayed as such. Some of the logistical issues are there, but this is mostly because they can afford to have them. And since they avoid civilian causalities as much as they can, they move slowly and suffer more damage.
- I reject all claims of Russia being incapable of taking over major cities like Kiev, simply because there is no evidence of them ever wanting or planning to do that. I think cities were encircled on purpose, to block and intercept the movement of Ukrainian forces, and to expedite evacuation corridors.
- There are too many false assumptions and allegations of Putin spread by mainstream media in order to portray him as the ultimate evil and make people side with Ukraine, which in practice means siding with the US.
- There are no signs of the US wanting or doing anything to stop this war. What it's doing is pushing pro-war propaganda, i.e., manufacturing consent for war, because it wants to keep selling weapons to Ukraine and protract this war for as long as possible.
- Continuing to arm Ukraine won't end the war, it will just prolong it and increase the death toll. Some of the weapons inevitably end up in the hands of Azov and other neo-Nazi formations, which only make things worse.
- Ultranationalists are a real problem and so is the existence and expansion of NATO. This is mainly what led to this war, together with events around the Minsk agreement which Ukraine failed to uphold.
- In reality, this war didn't start when Putin invaded Ukraine, it began in 2014 when US backed a coup forcing democratically elected president Viktor Yanukovych out of office. It's all been going downhill since.
- Generally speaking, I sympathize with Putin's perspective and concerns, but I dislike the way he decided to go about addressing them. Ultimately, he is going to be responsible for the carnage and godawful suffering of vast number of people, including Russians. Regardless of what he manages to accomplish in the long run, I don't think this is a fair price to pay. Or that it is morally justifiable.
- And as Chomsky said, the only possible resolution to this war is for Ukraine to accept neutral status, give up on Crimea and withdraw from Donbas. So I'd say let's hope this happens sooner rather than later.