• Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I’m pretty sure they would say that ukraine shouldn’t exsist anyway because the US propaganda is taking over them or whatever.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah they would say that not only is Ukraine a puppet of American imperialism but it is also full of literal Nazis who infiltrated the Ukrainian government and military about 8 years ago.

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      1 year ago

      “Euromaidan was a coup” they seriously claim, and add a quote from Mersheimer.

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        Did they not force the president at the time to resign? It’d be like Jan 6th forcing Biden to not take office. I’m genuinely interested to know what the difference is. It can be considered just, but it doesn’t seem inaccurate to call it a coup. Please educate me.

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          1 year ago

          It’d be like Jan 6th forcing Biden to not take office.

          Not quite, because only a very small minority of americans wanted this to happen. In Ukraine, the forces against Yanukovich’s rule were democratic in nature, and were backed by massive protests that Yanukovich tried to suppress violently. I would call it a revolution.

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              Yes, a revolution. That’s not at all what tankies are implying when they claim it’s a coup, and I’m sure you know it.