I have fully supported every action of my government when it comes to Russia since 2020, though. But sure, if they started doing something wrong instead, I wouldn’t have much control over that.
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I have fully supported every action of my government when it comes to Russia since 2020, though. But sure, if they started doing something wrong instead, I wouldn’t have much control over that.
Well, perhaps not for long. In recent polls, when asked who should be the next prime minister of Israel, 2/3 of israelis said “anyone but Netanjahu”. Could be though that they’d be fine with another hawk.
I generally support Israel’s fight against Hamas, but yeah, that’s pretty fucking dumb.
Except of course for the little fact that Ukraine wasn’t in NATO.
People outside of Finland might forget that before Russia attacked Ukraine, they had several military bases around Finland, with plenty of troops in them. https://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000000728599.html from 2014 (in Finnish, sorry). For the Ukraine war, they emptied these bases. What they’re doing now is just restoring those bases to what the had been for several decades.
Putin is just plain lying, as he is every time his mouth moves. They have maintained a highly threatening stance against Finland ever since WW2.
As much as I support Ukraine’s fight against Russia, they frankly have a lot of getting-shit-sorted-out before they should be let in either EU or Nato. Admitting them in while in midst of a war would be a total spin of the roulette wheel as to what we get.
I feel like the modders had a woosh moment here perhaps.
Even if Trump aligned with my politics in every possible way, I would not vote for him. And he doesn’t. Also, I don’t have a vote in the US.
I thought he articulated pretty clearly what he wants to do. But perhaps it’s not his voters who are being anxious?
Exactly. The double standards that Hamas’s defenders apply are incredible.
desecrating a mosque
What does this even mean? The article says they recited some prayers in there. Who cares about this magic shit and why?
Did you completely miss the part where they captured several dozen militants?
We dehumanized the germans in early 1900s too for understandable reasons, even though not all germans in WW2 were nazis. Perhaps that shouldn’t be done, but when it looks from the outside like the whole nation is walking lockstep with its leaders, it’s difficult not to.
Technically speaking Grand Duchy of Finland (1809-1917), which was a state inside the Russian Empire, existed for longer than independent Finland has so far. That will change in 2025, if we get that far.
I believe Russian Imperialists are looking at this area because of that history. Dunno how seriously, but NATO and the DCA should put a cork in that.
Why do people always thing immigrants are a bad thing?
Mostly because they are a burden for the social system (which is already highly strained in Finland), and because of the criminal element they bring in. Then again, perhaps more immigrants will eventually convince the people to stop supporting those social systems, which would ultimately be a good thing for everybody.
Not even refugees want to live in Russia, and Russia doesn’t want them either.
Yeah, I cannot even understand what the future should look like with Russia. What can they do to gain any trust, or will we just keep going in a world where the West just doesn’t have any relations with Russia? I guess it worked in the 1900s in some way.
Anyone wondering why Hungary is still in EU, it’s probably because https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_7_of_the_Treaty_on_European_Union
Well, that’s 1 point towards the proposition “God exists”.
Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about?