It's not just the French left, though, is it? It's a certain type of the left everywhere. We can see on this forum that the US left would sell out anyone and anything to appease Russia. Corbyn and his lot in the UK would, too, and so on everywhere. It's just what a certain branch of the left are like.
Indeed. That's a vexing habit of certain factions of the right. But France seems a country where this faction is dominant within the left. Its Melenchon who's the big left wing challenger while Hollande's old party's been on death's doors for years. And while I certainly don't trust Corbyn he at least got ousted by the British left, albeit for the pretty damning reason of them just wanting to reign as Tories in red.
Because France has nuclear weapons and a nuclear triad. The Germans don't, the Polish don't, and your country doesn't. I suspect France doesn't fear a Russian invasion, but they should fear Russia for other reasons, like hacking/cyberwarfare, overseas targeting of EU, and or French nationals.
The USA isn't serious about Russia. It just doesn't care.
Oh it is a thing. The US just isn't part of it. They defected to the other side.
Russia won't mess with the USA. Once the USA effectively departs the area, Russia won't have any reason to mess with the USA. Russia wants to restore its influence over eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia; it hates the USA because the USA has been stopping it. Putin loves Trump because Trump's signalling that as far as the USA is concerned, Russia can do pretty much whatever it wants.
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WTF! Racist mother fuckers! Tricking people to do their dirty work for them. Did you all run out of pawns in your own country? It went down on people of different skin color but are not afraid to trick them into the front lines for a war, they do not want nor understand the full ramifications. Fuck off Russian government, and at least do your own dirty work you've already been doing.Russian recruitment agencies are posting fake job adverts in African countries, including Kenya and Uganda, for people to come to Russia and work as plumbers, security guards etc. Upon arrival they are enlisted into the army and sent to Ukraine without training.
‘I didn’t know how to shoot’: how African men have been tricked into fighting for Russia
Exclusive: Lured by false job adverts, they are unknowingly enlisted on arrival and put in mortal danger
That's totally the sign of a nation functioning well. Kidnapping foreigners to serve in the military is a hallmark of a victorious state.Russian recruitment agencies are posting fake job adverts in African countries, including Kenya and Uganda, for people to come to Russia and work as plumbers, security guards etc. Upon arrival they are enlisted into the army and sent to Ukraine without training.
‘I didn’t know how to shoot’: how African men have been tricked into fighting for Russia
Exclusive: Lured by false job adverts, they are unknowingly enlisted on arrival and put in mortal danger
If true, it is only because the United States put you in that situation. Melenchon is absolutely correct.
I doubt it. Russia would want its horror empire back with or without the US. Russia’s brutality towards their neighbors predates the US.
You can say that about pretty much any European country that has existed in some form for that long, especially any large one. It is not a good way to argue about the essence of the Russian soul or whatever metaphysical nonsense you believe.
Well, you could argue that it's not Russia, it's certain individuals wanting their empire back, and/or you can argue that various other European powers do want theirs' back. But there's a clear difference in which are trying, and what methods they are using, to try and get their empires back.
For this argument to work we’d need examples of the Dutch trying to get Belgium and Indonesia back, the French to recreate Napoleon’s empire or the Spanish to seek expansion into South America.
That is something only you bring up again and again.
To be fair I have expressed the thought that something is indeed deeply wrong with Russia since it stumbles from one backwards, violent authoritarian state right into the other. The Tsars, Soviet and Putin all came right after each other, and are all characterized by violence towards neighbors and indifference(or outright violence) to their own public. Starting bloody wars to mask their decline is also a pretty damning recurring trend.
