• neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    And this kind of shit is why I hope our politicians don’t immediately lift sanctions if a peace treaty is signed.

    Putin has been waging a war of terror, intimidation, and sabotage against rest of Europe for years, and should pay for it irregardless of military operations halting.

    Hopefully our politicians have learned that playing nice and taking the high road doesn’t work. Carrots were obsolete in 2014 and there haven’t been nearly enough sticks since then.

    EDIT: And to that Latvian dude I talked to on IRC in 2005ish who warned me of the Tin of Poo and his ambitions and tactics: I am sorry. I was wrong, you were right.

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      2008 in a university class I did a presentation on the incoming second cold war with Russia and China working together against Europe and North America with expansionist goals and a bunch of stuff covered in Foundations of Geopolitics, I sometimes think about it and what if my classmates and teacher think about it these days or if they ask forgot…