any other way besides the reality? of course. because we live in reality
#russia invaded #ukraine. any response in defending ukraine is justified
period
speaking of "escalation" in regards to defense against #ethnofascist#imperialism is merely trafficking in absurdity
and anyone who thinks along these lines, of the west "escalating," are not necessarily suspect, but at the very least, delusional airheads who have zero idea of the stakes here
@benroyce@fisherstudio@GreenFire@kevinrothrock I'm still amazed thay we're all afraid of a man who, with one of the largest armies in the world, has been incapable of taking Ukraine, with a much smaller army, at the start mainly equipped with Soviet era weapons. Putin doesn't scare me at all. But don't give him too much time.
@benroyce@edgeofeurope@fisherstudio@kevinrothrock
My argument is that Joe Biden and his advisors are dealing with the nuclear threat effectively. Putin's on the ropes and his orcs will most likely be forced to withdraw from Ukraine shortly after this fall's election depending on how it goes.
@benroyce@edgeofeurope@fisherstudio@kevinrothrock
I'm also excited to see how this Peace Conference goes next month too. There might be some pleasant surprises from that. In fact I think that Joe Biden is withholding allowing our weapons to strike Russia outside the Kharkiv region as a bargaining chip too.
All of the criticism that he gets makes him have less political capital though so maybe we shouldn't expect too much.
@benroyce@edgeofeurope@fisherstudio
Europe has just been too slow on Ukraine and there is no way that they are going to build a defense industry in time to have much impact beyond this new drone warfare.
I have been psyched that they've started to step up finally as these fake polls have scared them into thinking Trump might take power again here though. I am quite excited to see how the next few years go after these elections are over.
@GreenFire@benroyce@fisherstudio Trump losing these elections is far from the end of it, in my humble European opinion. The whole GOP is poisoned, it's going to take a lot more than that, even if he should choke on a McNugget tomorrow.
But I digress.
so even with our (american) continuing problems, which you are correct are not going to magically vanish, the threat continues to mutate and shift elsewhere and abroad
this is not a straight up world war, but it is a global battlefield now of disinfo corruption and bigotry
@benroyce@edgeofeurope@fisherstudio
I just posted a while ago about Don Junior and crew being down in El Salvador for the inauguration of a far-right president to a second term.
We are definitely in a global "war" over a liberal world order versus authoritarianism imho.
@benroyce@edgeofeurope@fisherstudio
My biggest fear is that Putin is our generation's Mussolini and Xi is an analogue of Hitler we may have to deal with.
I feel that we have some major issues to deal with which is why I'm trying so hard to get as many Democrats elected as possible this year since I trust them a lot more than our alternatives.
I worry about Europe, but try not to put my two cents in about because it can impact how my comments on the USA are interpreted.