[–]DampBritches 56 points57 points58 points 12 hours ago (4 children)Too bad the US and UK armed a military leader to overthrow their democratically elected leader to become dictator who sold us oil cheaper (1950s) Then they eventually overthrew that dictator, hoping an Islamic theocracy would be better… (1970s) There…
[–]SheoGodofMadness 186 points187 points188 points 17 hours ago (14 children)Then replant now so that generations ahead of us will benefit. We need to let go of our instinctual temporal selfishness if we want to have any chance of fighting climate change. There is nothing that can be done to…
Personally, draft dodging should not be a crime. If someone does not want to fight for their nation state, why should they be forced? The government exists to do the will of the people, if the people do not wish to fight, then why should they? You will…
Welcome to Reddit,the front page of the internet.Become a Redditorand join one of thousands of communities.×[–]Zer_ 98 points99 points100 points 1 day ago (18 children)When it’s corruption from top to bottom, nothing should surprise you. Keep in mind, all ranks from Conscript to Putin himself are filled with a…
I would argue the opposite. Corruption makes it very likely a foreign military invasion will succeed, as it is in every individual’s best interest to consider their personal existence more important than any abstract “existence as a people”. Ukraine has historically been very corrupt, as with most countries…
I lived in Russia for a while, and I had long term relationships with Russians twice. There are massive differences in how they see the world, vs how we see the world. Unshakeable systemic differences. For a start, they believe everyone in power – even their own government…
[–]C4Redalert-work 18 points19 points20 points 1 day ago (1 child)Air superiority – your planes can operate in the area but have to be careful. Not completely uncontested so you’re likely to only use stealths/fighters. If opposition aircraft are spotted they will be intercepted. Opposition may also have anti-air systems…
[–]0re0n 157 points158 points159 points 2 days ago (48 children)A lot of people don’t even bother to read a wiki article to understand that there is a legitimate conflict based on history of ethnic cleansing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Abkhazia The purges in Abkhazia were accompanied by the suppression of Abkhaz ethnic culture:…
[–]SL1Fun 16 points17 points18 points 2 days ago* (6 children)Russia wants the oil. That’s what it’s about. The Crimean shale reserves will see whoever controls it essentially become the 9th largest economy overnight. Russia needs it because they are economically starving; 160mil people with the economic power of Spain.…
And the Red Deer Cave People body fragments were studied extensively by European and Chinese scientists after their discovery in 1980. They had European scientists on camera stating how the discovery showed a completely different species of hominid as late as 2010 due to their weird body features…
