well, this may be it

What i dont get is why do we have to get involved, let russia and ukraine handle this s***. We got enough problems anyway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_'round_the_flag_effect
One concept behind it

Also Russia is a "boogeyman" just like China because they are a rising economic power that is against Western interests. Big whoop. That's why the US is getting involved. They couldn't give less of a s*** about the population in the countries

Russia is the opposite of a rising economic power it's primary resource dependent, infested with corruption, in a demographic decline etc and has a gdp the size of Spain

Sure it's got potential but no it's nothing like China at all

Pretty sure he's talking abt China

Well if this happens that's definitely an escalation

But who knows what's rly happening

Do we even know if Russian troops have entered the donbass lol

'Boogeyman just like China because they are rising economic power'

I read that as them being just like chins for that reason but fair enough if that was distinct and I read it wrong

sent him to voicemail

he tried 2 facetime

i read it the same way u did it makes it seem like russia is being referred to as a rising economic power

It's nothing like China but it's nothing to scoff at either. They have the most natural resources in the entire world. They have incredible geopolitical leverage.

f***

putin height: 5'7. i get why hes mad

I mean those regions seem to want to secede from Ukraine

On one hand you're talking about Putin's disregard for democracy, on the other you're happy to ignore what seems to be consensus in that particular region.

This is what irks me so much about a lot of Liberal leaning folk, the idea of democracy is only ever seems valid if it serves western hegemony.

Putin is not a good guy at all, but paint him as some sort of pantomime villain isn't really helpful to anyone, and that goes to just about misaligned head of state.

might be unrelated but I wonder if like Journalist that speclize in random s*** like US-Russia-Ukraine diplomacy ever wait for situations like this for there time to shine

Yet he gets more paper, hoes and power than all of us so who really won

Using GDP nominal and not GDP PPP is so retärded

Russias economy is bigger than UK, France, Indonesia, Brazil

The currency rate to USD barely matters for such a self-reliant country as Russia

speak for urself

U and i both know ur just talkin

The irony is in the video

Do you know how many regions in the world there are with territorial disputes like this, even inside of Russia, but they aren't getting their own country just because they want to or feel like it, should we let everyone else then do what they want with sovereign territorys of other countries or inside their own? That's not how it works

I have no problem if those regions want to go independent or join Russia but do it the right way, create a pro Russian party, gather votes, get majority in parlament and do your thing and if not they can always move to Russia, it isn't far away, Russia has plenty of room and they would be welcomed with open arms. The people living in DNR and LNR were never being bothered unlike the Ukrainians who are now leaving their homes and Romania is offering half a million Ukrainians refuges shelter.

How do you want me to paint Putin then, NATO hasn't threatened with war, only with sanctions and they don't have their forces in Ukraine they only sent them equipment to defend themselves against a much stronger aggressor. Both Macron and Scholz traveled to Russia to try to retain peace but Putin still decided to threaten with war, gather 2/3 of his army on the border and enter Ukraines territory. To no one's surprise not a single UN country supports it. And Russia is now ignoring Ukraines calls.

You say democracy only serves western hegemony, how can democracy serve Russia when they aren't even a democracy themselves. Putin wants to play the "democracy" card meanwhile the mf been in charge for 20 years cmon, don't you think that's a bit hypocritical