When is the admin going to run out of excuses?

    • nuke@sh.itjust.worksM
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      45
      arrow-down
      5
      ·
      edit-2
      1 month ago

      How is this making fun of the IDF? Seems to me the topic is the Biden administration’s arbitrary restrictions on Ukraine.

      • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        34
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 month ago

        to be clear, ukraine went ahead and did this anyway. And then the US lifted restrictions on this kind of stuff (idk if it was completely, but they did do it)

        It’s not really arbitrary, it’s just geopolitics being geopolitics, ukraine and the rest of europe showed that russia would bluff, and we’re supporting them more now.

        I guess it should make sense coming from a partially republican legislature that doesn’t even believe in the ukraine war to begin with.

        • Valmond@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          1 month ago

          It’s about atacms strikes deep (+100km) inside russia, what according to you did they do “anyways”?

          • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            1 month ago

            they have sent other munitions from other sources fairly deep into russia, i believe the submarine dock attack was with a storm shadow missile, and at least one drone attack, the obvious one being the kremlin bombing, as well other other sourced materials they can find. They’ve been doing it whenever accessible and possible. Oh and obviously the recent offensive into russia itself.

            The obvious example is the ATACMs missile, but i believe that was post restriction.

            to be clear here, i’m not saying they broke the US restrictions, i’m saying they broke the “taboo” on firing into russian territory.

              • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                arrow-down
                2
                ·
                1 month ago

                sevastopol is in crimea right? Is crimea recognized broadly by the global nations to be ukrainian territory? Crimea is annexed by russia, there was a whole thing around this when it happened. I know ukraine contests this and wishes to get it back, but currently for most intents, and most purposes, crimea is a part of russia.

                  • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                    link
                    fedilink
                    English
                    arrow-up
                    1
                    arrow-down
                    1
                    ·
                    1 month ago

                    i guess i’d probably define it by either governmental ties, although i believe crimea was closer to a territory of ukraine, than an actual part of ukraine, and whether or not the government itself has some sort of significant influence in that region.

                    Geo politics is fun.

                    I guess the other alternative is digging through the history of ukraine and crimea to see if they ever established any sort of relationship that you could use as a basis for a modern claim of “ownership”

            • Valmond@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              1 month ago

              Ya I’m with you there, they have broken so many taboos (or as the russians call it, red lines), tanks, western help, javelins, hitting oil depos, substations (but that was retaliation I guess), …

              What about a kremlin attack? I only know about a staged one with a drone from IDR like 2022?

      • _stranger_@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        11
        ·
        1 month ago

        The trick to a good proxy war is that everyone involved has to participate via proxy. Russia broke the rules and now we all have to walk on eggshells.

        • aubertlone@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          27 days ago

          Thanks for responding.

          I was mostly just sarcastically joking.

          Assuming most of us had made the switch at some point. Etc etc etc

          In other news I hope you’re having a nice day!

          • MisterFrog@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            27 days ago

            I am a bit of a dunce lol, clearly need my joke meter checked. Hope you’re having a good one also