contricusc
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The problem I have with most posters in this thread is they are just plain biased, they completely condemn Russia for every single thing and call it the evil empire, power hungry and expansionist, attacking poor countries and civilians and being evil and cruel and horrible, and yet when the USA did the same things MANY times or when Israel did or DOES the same things MANY times its all ok and great and perfect, they are fighting for a just cause and are innocent and clean and are saving the poor country they are invading... man it just makes me vomit almost...
Most people who condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine also condemned the US invasion of Iraq and condemn Israel’s butchering of Palestinians.
But when it comes to US invasions and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there are three big differnces:
1) A US invasion is quick and succesful in toppling the local government, so the conflict is short and there is not much anyone can do about it, so people stop complaining. When Russia managed to win the conflict in Georgia in a few days, nobody bothered, because they acted just like the US. But in Ukraine, they keep attacking for two years, and there is no end in sight.
2) The US doesn’t annex territories. It simply changes the government to a more friendly one, and that’s it. The US didn’t annex any territory in Serbia, Iraq or Afghanistan. See the difference here?
3) After the US invades and changes the government, the economic situation of the local population usually improves, so there is a trade off. The US supports governments that are pro-capitalism and generate a higher standard of living for their population. On the other hand, Russia always supports oligarchic dictators that keep the population in perpetual poverty with no end in sight. So that’s another big difference.
When the US invades a country, they change the regime and the war stops, and decades after the war people in that country live better than before.
When Russia invades a country, it wants to annex its terriotry and to make sure its people are enslaved and in poverty in perpetuity, so the desire of the people to rebel never goes away.