• jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      How close is Russia or any other country with irredentist claims to the customers of US Arms companies? How many countries have mutual defense agreements with countries Russia threatened to invade? This is not just sales to the US government (which falls in the second category BTW).

      • CTHlurker [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        As we all know, the US was a paragon of peace prior to february 2022, and was not famously selling weapons to literally anyone who wanted to do a genocide, in particular the Saudis

        • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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          1 year ago

          That's whataboutism (and yes, that was a major source of demand for the Russian and Chinese arms industry).

          • Yllych [any]
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            edit-2
            1 year ago

            Erm.ackstually sweaty, you did a whataboutism by bringing up Russia when the picture references American arm sales.

            Therefore, ipso facto cogito ergo sum cum laude, I have no choice but to award you 4 pinocchio-evil out of 5.

            In the future please do try to be a little more intellectually rigorous, or I will have to report your account to the People's Posting Board for further auditing.

          • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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            1 year ago

            How is it not whataboutism to bring up a separate leader/country when we’re discussing the US? Why do you wish to distract from the brutality of the global hegemon? By your own logic…

            smuglord