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[–] 45 points 3 months ago (9 children)

It's wild someone would even boil down something as complicated as international politics down to "you see, the country is like a little guy, and it WANTS things" let alone leaving out the exact and specific reasons why both of those wars started and what each side hopes to achieve in their outcome.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I think it's understandable enough and the bigger problem is that no country "just wants to mind their own business". Literally not a single one, whether we favor what the country does or not.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Relevant Ghassan Khanafani

    Interviewer: But despite this, why not talk?

    Khanafani: [pauses] Talk about what?

    Talk about the possibility of not fighting.

    Not fighting for what?

    Not fighting at all, no matter what for.

    Yeah, people usually fight for something, and they stop fighting for something.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    It's not even simplification, when you go down to that level and point out that Ukraine is consistently in the same team as Israel they have instant crashout.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I do vaguely remember there were tensions between Ukraine and the Zionist entity around 2024, mainly because Amerikkka was giving more artillery shells to Israel instead

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