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It is also beneficial for Russia - to dispose of artillery shells with an expiration date during the operation, to test new types of weapons in combat conditions, to load their military industry with work and orders. In general, this operation seems to be beneficial to everyone, except for Ukraine itself.
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Are you not forgetting someone in that "benefits report"? You know... like the several thousand Russian soldiers dead and those that will die in vain for a septuagenarian fool? And their children and widows?
I was not sure your scriptwriters were psychos until now. Hold on... that's it... there is another benefit: reducing the personnel costs of Putin's army.
Oh, oh.. another benefit: less cost in test dummies for Javelins (they are now being tested on Putin's soldiers) and another Poland and Czech Republic can swap their old Russian equipment for NATO one by sending the old stuff to Ukraine (Migs, S-300,...) Boy, one for me personally... I am getting a few tanks at 100 USD, and also Putin got rid of a few generals that surely were expensive to maintain.
- The world is not just America. There are news outlets everywhere.
- Anyone in the West can create an outlet or provide news and opinion. For example, Joe Rogan was no-one a few years ago and now reaches millions. For example "techstartups" can freely speak about how they are not free to speak and you can speak in the forum about how you cannot speak freely.
And in math terms 6 is six times more than one - being that one Putin.
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You say you are a crypto-anarchist, but your posting shows something very different - just for short, supporting a despot.
You are confusing an crypto-anarchist with a protesting punk. I support Putin because I can, his actions seem to me quite reasonable and in the interests of Russia. My anarchy is that I make decisions on my own who I support, regardless of the pressure of public opinion - based on my own analysis of data and internal motives.
I see, is like having a secret girlfriend. You are an anarchist at heart, but you are fine with a despot. Either you have a really poor script writer or you need to try a different medication for each of your personalities.
In any case, it is great that you are happy with Putin, you have no other choice.
My question remains, what's so important to the US about this Russia and Ukraine fight that they can't use their veto power to settle them amicably but rather they seem to take side with the Ukrainian president??
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So, in your world it works like this: Joe waves his Magic Vetowand of Power and all the sudden the war stops? Sorry to break the news to you, the world does not work like that.
Now, back to reality, I have already stated that the US is not necessarily uncomfortable with wars in Europe. In the last 3, the strategy has been to let Russia and Europe bleed and get into debt to then stop the war by sending the massive military means they posses. I guess that is just one more of the things Putin did not get right and did not learn from History.