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... eta: inb4 it’s the West’s faults because Ukraine wanted a political relationship with it, and we obliged - Doc You respond to points I did not raise or lines of argument I was not pursuing, so I have no response to the particulars. The minute you start talking about "eastern slavic ethnicity an...

I think you misunderstand me. Laruelle's definitely not arguing that. She is--as I say--pointing out how integral Ukraine is to Russian self-identity. To be honest, I haven't seen anyone make the 'different ethnicities' argument, other than say, CNN . Well, at least I know where our good Doctor Cam...

The de facto authorities in Donetsk claimed that pro-Kyiv forces used an improvised mobile mortar launcher within the city for the strike, but Kyiv denied responsibility for the incident. Are we actually giving Russians the benefit of the doubt after their historical record has been, well, not supe...

Perceived atrocities committed against ethnic Russians by the Ukrainian government are the core of Russian propaganda, after all, even though many of the elements of that propaganda campaign happen also to be true. Genuinely curious which propoganda elements specific to atrocities committed against...

Thank you, Symmachus. The war is one of those issues that I have trouble deciding how to think about. I’ve read similar points of view from, say, the Chomsky left, but there’s a level of emotion that I find of putting. Thanks for setting out your assessment in detail. In contrast to recent years, d...

Russia invading Ukraine didn't suddenly turn Ukraine into a perfect state peopled by saints, except in media presentations in faraway countries. People shouldn't have to be saints, though, to deserve not to be murdered. That's the nub of it for me. Hmmm. My complaint is about incompetent policies d...

Well, who would you rely on so I can get factual current information? To reveal this to you would put me in the sights of Putler's FSB, who will ruin me either with dezinformatsiya or a car bomb. Some events aren't just moves in a language game. Some events change the game and the new game is simpl...

I'm just pointing out that your "what about Iraq" argument is a very simplistic trope being spread by people who are incredibly ignorant about Russia and their war in Ukraine. The flippancy with which you wave this away as a "simplistic trope" is astonishing. Yet it is not relevant whether it has b...

With respect, senator, I do think your irritation may have mildly distorted your evaluation. I have just clicked on the images of those young people, and I find that a number of them do appear to have relevant language skills. That is not everything by any means, but it is not nothing. I don't see ...

Spend some time in a former Soviet state. Talk to the people there before you start lecturing the world on this. "You are not allowed to be skeptical of people who have been world-historical failures in their advocacy previous overseas militarism because I possibly spent time in a former Soviet sta...