Links and Stuff
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Add to the above list if you can, thank you.
Resources For Understanding The War Beyond The Bulletins
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map, who is an independent youtuber with a mostly neutral viewpoint.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have good analysis (though also a couple bad takes here and there)
Understanding War and the Saker: neo-conservative sources but their reporting of the war (so far) seems to line up with reality better than most liberal sources.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict and, unlike most western analysts, has some degree of understanding on how war works. He is a reactionary, however.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent journalist reporting in the Ukrainian warzones.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Yesterday's discussion post.
If Azov are "heroes" for holding back a mere 2 1/2 months then what about everyone else on this list?
The ISIS fighters that lasted 9 months in Mosul against the Iraq and allies must all be demigods or something. Nevermind all the WW1-2 sieges those wars must have been fought by literal gods then I imagine. Fucking idiotic pandering shit is not just disgusting on an ideological basis but this is shit you write to convince a child or a 75yo boomer that thinks history started in 2018.
Reading this nonsense is an intellectual assault and that is before we talk about ideology even.
Mariupol only "lasted" for so long because Russia "wasted" a lot of time setting up humanitarian corridors in March during negotiations I think they did 3 or 4 of those. And then they gave the Azov ultimatums and that was another 2 or 3 cease fires.
But militarily speaking the town was encircled around week 2-3 and by mid April they already captured most of the city. Patric Lancaster already made videos about reconstruction efforts and the city going back to normal weeks ago by now.
2 and half months with the short attention span of today's journalists is like 15 years. Plus the added multiplier of it being somebody you like doing it against somebody you hate.
The world would have been a better place had the Achaemenids maintained control over Hellas. (I know, I know, but imm just so tired of all the “THE WEST IS UNDERSIEGE FROM THESE ORIENTALS” bullshit that I want us orientals to win and shut them up forever)
Critical Support for Business Insider in their devaluing of other fascist "heroic stands", considering how much fascists love spartans and their stupid shit. I say let all those journalists mine the past dry to drape some glory over other fascists let all that spartan and viking and samurai stuff become plastic.
Standing in a mountain pass awaiting certain death is identical to sitting in a hole waiting for someone else to help you because they always have before.
The Spartan pedophile slavers are in fact an excellent analogy for these fascists.