The immediate issue is Russian Imperialism. US hegemony is only at play here in so far as it prevents Russian hegemony. That 2 Empires are having a pissing match should surprise no one.
Except that there is no immediate issue of Russian imperialism. The immediate issue is Russia responding to NATO encroaching on its borders. However, if you are afraid of being dominated by Russia, then you should know that Europeans are like the protagonist in a classic Greek tragedy enacting a self fulfilling prophecy. There is no realistic scenario where Russia can occupy Europe by military force. However, the destruction of European economy that’s resulting from this war will absolutely ensure that Russia will be able to dominate Europe both politically and economically going forward. The Americans aren’t there to protect you from Russian hegemony, they are actively cannibalizing Europe to prop up their own economy. The hollowed out husk will be discarded soon enough to fend for itself. Meanwhile, nationalist parties that have little qualms of patching relations up with Russia are already becoming the dominant political force in all major European countries. RN is the most popular party in France, AfD in Germany, and Reform in the UK. Europe is a geopolitical equivalent of captain Ahab.
Honestly, nations desperate to join an aggressive alliance that’s responsible for death and destruction across the globe can get fucked. And they deserve everything that’s coming to them.
An Alliance so aggressive that decades of peace lulled it into such deep complacency that they let their military capabilities atrophy? You’re being a try-hard
We were talking about Europe so I apparently wasn’t specific enough. Most countries in NATO let any capacity they had for large scale land wars wither after the cold war ended since they only saw conflict in small “police actions” in far away lands as being in their future. Things like Kosovo. And, to be fair, even the Russians (Putin aside) were confident that Europe was past large land wars too.
An alliance that invaded Yugoslavia, and whose main sponsor has invaded Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan, just to name a few victims. The fact that NATO was free to roam and pillage the world while ignoring Russia underlines the fact that Russia was not an actual threat. If it was, then NATO chuds would’ve been focusing on it rather than maundering around the globe.
The immediate issue is Russian Imperialism. US hegemony is only at play here in so far as it prevents Russian hegemony. That 2 Empires are having a pissing match should surprise no one.
Except that there is no immediate issue of Russian imperialism. The immediate issue is Russia responding to NATO encroaching on its borders. However, if you are afraid of being dominated by Russia, then you should know that Europeans are like the protagonist in a classic Greek tragedy enacting a self fulfilling prophecy. There is no realistic scenario where Russia can occupy Europe by military force. However, the destruction of European economy that’s resulting from this war will absolutely ensure that Russia will be able to dominate Europe both politically and economically going forward. The Americans aren’t there to protect you from Russian hegemony, they are actively cannibalizing Europe to prop up their own economy. The hollowed out husk will be discarded soon enough to fend for itself. Meanwhile, nationalist parties that have little qualms of patching relations up with Russia are already becoming the dominant political force in all major European countries. RN is the most popular party in France, AfD in Germany, and Reform in the UK. Europe is a geopolitical equivalent of captain Ahab.
*Free Nations previously invaded and/or dominated by Russia desperate to join the Don’t be Invaded by Russia Alliance
Honestly, nations desperate to join an aggressive alliance that’s responsible for death and destruction across the globe can get fucked. And they deserve everything that’s coming to them.
An Alliance so aggressive that decades of peace lulled it into such deep complacency that they let their military capabilities atrophy? You’re being a try-hard
Ask Qaddafi how peaceful they are.
Ask Qaddafi’s victims how peaceful Qaddafi was
You asserted “decades of peace” when Libya was fucking bombed. Libya presented zero threat to Europe or Europeans.
That’s not peace.
Also, is Libya better off today than it was under Qaddafi?
We were talking about Europe so I apparently wasn’t specific enough. Most countries in NATO let any capacity they had for large scale land wars wither after the cold war ended since they only saw conflict in small “police actions” in far away lands as being in their future. Things like Kosovo. And, to be fair, even the Russians (Putin aside) were confident that Europe was past large land wars too.
An alliance that invaded Yugoslavia, and whose main sponsor has invaded Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan, just to name a few victims. The fact that NATO was free to roam and pillage the world while ignoring Russia underlines the fact that Russia was not an actual threat. If it was, then NATO chuds would’ve been focusing on it rather than maundering around the globe.
The main problem is the three big Empires on Earth: the US, Russia, and China.
Way to make a false equivalence there.
Some of us don’t “US bad, Russia good”. We look at each individual scenario, analyze it, and come to conclusions.