▲ 1692 ▼ Elon Musk ‘Secretly’ Used Starlink To Foil A Ukrainian Attack On Russian Naval Fleet Over Fear Of Nuclear War: Report (www.mediaite.com) submitted 3 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 465 comments fedilink hide all child comments What an utter piece of shit.
[+] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works -8 points 3 years ago (1 child) If you seriously think taking some backwater nowhere gives Russia the military capabilities to invade the US, I'd like some of whatever you're smoking permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Ukraine is hardly a backwater nowhere. It's a major industrial and agricultural player in the region. There's a reason that Russia wants it so badly. Historically, nations with an appetite for conquest don't get sated and keep going. It cannot be tolerated for a nation state to just unilaterally conquer to expand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Ukraine is hardly a backwater nowhere. It's a major industrial and agricultural player in the region. There's a reason that Russia wants it so badly. Historically, nations with an appetite for conquest don't get sated and keep going. It cannot be tolerated for a nation state to just unilaterally conquer to expand. permalink fedilink source parent