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I think a material difference between Iraq (v2 anyway) and Ukraine is that they can keep doing the "well Russia was the aggressor" thing indefinitely even if the reality is more complicated.

also yes obviously some libs are still stubborn about Iraq, the worst ones, but for the most part its generally agreed that the Iraq War was a bad thing.

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[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (47 children)

I and a lot of others protested the Iraq invasion before it took place, and predicted the somewhat obvious quagmire that resulted. I would have protested the Russian invasion as well if I were a Russian citizen and if it would have been safe enough to do so (Putin’s dictatorship makes that purely hypothetical though).

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 47 points 2 years ago (28 children)

Did you also protest the NATO coup in Ukraine in 2014?

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (27 children)

I think we may disagree on the origins of the Maidan Protests, the Crimea annexation, and at this point probably even the end of WW2 and Soviet Union.

Edit: aw shit, I just realized where I am.

[–] Farman@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago
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