Moscow has ramped up unconventional attacks against the West since it invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia has ramped up its campaign of so-called hybrid attacks — such as arson, cyber and information campaigns, or sabotage — throughout Europe.
Recent examples include the alleged cutting of energy and communications cables in the Baltic Sea, which German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius described as “sabotage.” In that case, as in many other examples of hybrid attacks, it is difficult for governments to quickly and definitively attribute the attacks to Moscow.
NATO’s right.
Killing massive numbers of people is only acceptable when you do it the way we do: bombing several countries at once, over and over, year after year.
Any other method of warfare is just uncivilized. Thus sayeth the good guys.
Do they even pay you, or do you just like the taste?
Sweet rebuttal.
What did I say that was actually incorrect?
False equivalence.
Oh, man.
If only that were so, but you know it’s not, and the criticism offends your sensibilities. It would offend me too if I were someone who supports unmitigated US warmongering.
False.
Whataboutism isn’t a foundation for your strawmen.
The sins of the US don’t make Russian crimes equivalent in scale, scope, intent or effect.
Don’t be a useful idiot.
Exactly my point.
They won’t be on our level until they’re bombing several more countries at exactly the same time.
Which we consider to be civilized, as evidenced by the fact that the people doing it keep getting elected president, and people like yourself are quick to clutch your pearls when someone reminds you about the incredible extent of US warmongering, and how hypocritical it makes us when we pretend to be the good guys in any war.
I’ve forgotten nothing. More straw being thrown about in your mental thrashing.
Russia is the one funding global disinformation campaigns to divide and conquer democracies to remove opposition to its own narratives for imperialist dominance.
Choosing the greater evil isn’t virtuous, it’s stupid.
The reason why America and Europe are falling to fascism is because of a decades long campaign run by Russia funding religious groups, bigots, and political interest groups to sew division and chaos.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764879242/nra-was-foreign-asset-to-russia-ahead-of-2016-new-senate-report-reveals
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/07/24/how-us-evangelicals-and-the-russian-orthodox-church-have-helped-fuel-anti-lgbtq-agenda-in-
The reasons Europe and the US are devolving to fascism are for the same reasons fascism always festers: rampant capitalism in the form of decades of regulatory capture, for-profit Healthcare system, stripping of social safety nets, xenophobic nationalism, etc… there is plenty of history and commentary surrounding the devolution to fascism as well as a description of its causes.
This idea that Russia is both too weak to win a war against Ukraine but also strong enough to covertly topple the world’s foremost superpowers is honestly fascist thinking. Make no mistake, Russia has capitalized on the West in its current moment of weakness, but to make this sweeping claim that “American fascism is entirely due to Russian operatives and trolls” is laughable because of how hard it glosses over the steps you have taken to ensure fascism in your own country.
You implied that only NATO bombs countries, which is incorrect. You implied NATO members think war for the fun of it is good, which by no means is a common opinion. And you implied that because NATO countries bomb people, it’s okay for Russia to also kill people. Those are some things to start with.