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    Re: US and NATO send tanks to fight Russia Archived Message

    Posted by Dovetail Joint on January 14, 2023, 3:33 pm, in reply to "US and NATO send tanks to fight Russia"

    It's the almost total lack of knowledge about what's happening in Ukraine. The massive Nato escalation, with potentially disasterous consequences that worries me.

    On top of the lack of knowledge there's the lack of any debate about what we're doing and why.

    This is followed by no consent from the public for a major war with Russia, that becomes existential for Russia and will probably lead to a nuclear war as certain as night follows day.

    No knowldege. No debate. No consent.

    Is this what... western 'democracy' is supposed to be built on?

    One would imagine the soft left and liberals would be concerned about all this, but they are frighteningly silent. Christ, they actually support the war with Russia!

    And the justifications for our involvement in the conflict, seem, on the face of it, quite absurd. Russia is losing in Ukraine. They've bitten off far more than they can chew, therefore, they might resort to nuclear weapons. At the same time Russia is a threat to 'freedom and democracy' in western Europe, when they can't even manage to defeat plucky little Ukraine! Does this argument make any sense? Can the Russians be losing in Ukraine at the same time as they are an existential threat to the rest of Europe?

    Of course, in reality, we've left the cosy confines of 'liberal democracy' behind. No knowldege, no debate, no consent. And this is only the beginning. The clampdown will get tighter the closer we get to all out war with Russia and China.

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