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In reply to the discussion: The Putin Contingent on DU: WTF? [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)I'm kind of in the same opinion, pointed the opposite way.
Personally, I'm not real invested in the Russia / Ukraine thing. They're both run by big bags of assholes for one - Putin's aggression doesn't make Ukraine sainted, after all - and frankly it's foregone. The US isn't going to jump in, the EU isn't going to jump in, NATO can't jump in, the UN could, but with its permanent veto in the SC - and should it abstain, China has its back - Russia's not going to feel anything. Sanctions are more of a tickle for Russia, and Russia has enough economic strength to retaliate in kind, so they're an iffy proposition. So what's going to happen is that Russia keeps Crimea, Novorussia becomes a thing (and probably gets annexed), the EU and NATO pat each others back for "defending" nations Russia had no sights on in the first place, Ukraine is smaller and its Chocolate king president finds a way to make ojut like a bandit either way. Then probably vanishes off to the Maldives or something.
I mean really, there's... Not n alternative there, barring NATO initiating war or something. Which i think we can agree, we should hope doesn't happen (and equally agreeable, isn't going to)
My thing is, I'm just fucking sick of the wall-eyed, froth-mouthed accusations of massive amounts of "Putin-love" on DU. The accusers have wrangled up six people. Two of whom I'm really tempted to just write off, one due to inactive status, the other because he's basically just trying to play devil's advocate, from what i understand. So four to six people. The roots of this massive, hyperventilating panic over a "putinista contingent" swamping DU.
Six people. Look, I don't think i need to point to you where six people stand, in the context of problems facing DU. You already know what sort of shit is going on around here, and even if these people are all waving little russian flags as they post, it's pretty trivial shit compared to everything else.