A more accurate title and thesis would be “How the West’s historical amnesia took everyone for a ride”.
The West has made a very concerted effort to ignore the historical and geopolitical context (and misrepresent it where it must mention it) surrounding the situation. The conflict did not begin in 2022 by Russia. The only way the West has managed to gain and hold support has been by deceptively misrepresenting the reality of the situation in order to rally everyone around a perceived Evil. They don’t bother describing what the people in the actual territories that asked for Russian support want. They don’t bother describing how Ukraine has bombed its own people. They don’t bother to describe how, partially due to Ukraine’s abuses, several regions voted to join Russia. They don’t bother to describe how Russia was invited by those fighting for their homes and families against Ukraine. They don’t comment on how millions of Ukrainians have chosen to immigrate to Russia since Ukraine bombed its citizens in 2014. They don’t dig in to why the majority of the global population supports Russia here.
This is not Russian imperialism or colonialism. This is not Russian aggression. The attempt to describe it that way is dishonest and, unfortunately, most people don’t care enough to actually inform themselves so this portrayal catches on rather easily.
The Western media has taken advantage of the fact that very few people are informed about historical context, and that most people don’t care about context. The Western media has taken advantage of the fact that people like to be united against a Big Evil, in a fully black-and-white way, devoid of any context and nuance.
The conflict did not begin in 2022 by Russia. The only way the West has managed to gain and hold support has been by deceptively misrepresenting the reality of the situation in order to rally everyone around a perceived Evil. They don’t bother describing what the people in the actual territories that asked for Russian support want. They don’t bother describing how Ukraine has bombed its own people. They don’t bother to describe how, partially due to Ukraine’s abuses, several regions voted to join Russia. They don’t bother to describe how Russia was invited by those fighting for their homes and families against Ukraine.
It’s laughable that you totally omit the fact that Russia illegally annexed the Crimea back in 2014 and started this whole mess. Ukraine didn’t just decide to start bombing its own people willy-nilly - it’s because they were fighting off a foreign invader.
Regardless of the fact that some people in that region are Russian-speakers and sympathetic to Russia, that doesn’t give Russia the right to waltz into a sovereign nation and take control of a large region of it.
Ukraine was bombing the Russian-majority Donbas region, he’s not referring to Russian Crimea, though they did cut off fresh water for Crimea after 2014s illegal annexation by Russia.
In Donbas, it was Russia-backed separatists rather than Russian troops, although it was all part of the wider incursion into Ukraine by Russia at that time.
A more accurate title and thesis would be “How the West’s historical amnesia took everyone for a ride”.
The West has made a very concerted effort to ignore the historical and geopolitical context (and misrepresent it where it must mention it) surrounding the situation. The conflict did not begin in 2022 by Russia. The only way the West has managed to gain and hold support has been by deceptively misrepresenting the reality of the situation in order to rally everyone around a perceived Evil. They don’t bother describing what the people in the actual territories that asked for Russian support want. They don’t bother describing how Ukraine has bombed its own people. They don’t bother to describe how, partially due to Ukraine’s abuses, several regions voted to join Russia. They don’t bother to describe how Russia was invited by those fighting for their homes and families against Ukraine. They don’t comment on how millions of Ukrainians have chosen to immigrate to Russia since Ukraine bombed its citizens in 2014. They don’t dig in to why the majority of the global population supports Russia here.
This is not Russian imperialism or colonialism. This is not Russian aggression. The attempt to describe it that way is dishonest and, unfortunately, most people don’t care enough to actually inform themselves so this portrayal catches on rather easily.
The Western media has taken advantage of the fact that very few people are informed about historical context, and that most people don’t care about context. The Western media has taken advantage of the fact that people like to be united against a Big Evil, in a fully black-and-white way, devoid of any context and nuance.
It’s laughable that you totally omit the fact that Russia illegally annexed the Crimea back in 2014 and started this whole mess. Ukraine didn’t just decide to start bombing its own people willy-nilly - it’s because they were fighting off a foreign invader.
Regardless of the fact that some people in that region are Russian-speakers and sympathetic to Russia, that doesn’t give Russia the right to waltz into a sovereign nation and take control of a large region of it.
no, but you see, they "wanted it”, so it’s totally cool!
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Ukraine was bombing the Russian-majority Donbas region, he’s not referring to Russian Crimea, though they did cut off fresh water for Crimea after 2014s illegal annexation by Russia.
In Donbas, it was Russia-backed separatists rather than Russian troops, although it was all part of the wider incursion into Ukraine by Russia at that time.
So, Ukrainians then?
Pro-Russian, Ukrainian paramilitaries who attacked and took over military bases and police stations, yes. What’s your point?
Do you say the same thing regarding the Kurdish separatists in Turkish Kurdistan?
It very clearly started before that with Euromaidan
The Kremlin still took it upon itself to invade and illegally seize Ukrainian land, though.
Yes, it did, but it’s important to actually understand the context for why it happened in order to end the conflict.
Russia didn’t just suddenly go crazy and randomly decide to restart the Tsar’s empire.
I know that; I never said it did.
And I never said Russia’s invasion was legal or even justified. Glad we understand eachother.
No country would tolerate neo-nazi building up right next to their borders and killing their ethnic people.
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Spot on!