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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.

  • Yanqui_UXO [any]
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    3 years ago

    Your daily :you-think-this-is-funny: Jokah :i-do: update on Erdogan, as per Bloomberg:

    Turkey’s demanding that Sweden and Finland publicly denounce not only the PKK, but also its affiliates before being allowed to join the [NATO] bloc. The Turkish officials said that designating the PKK as a terrorist organization isn’t enough: the Nordic applicants must do more to clamp down on PKK sympathizers it says are active in their countries.

    Turkey also wants Sweden and Finland to put an end to arms-export restrictions they imposed on Turkey, along with several other European Union members, after its 2019 incursion into Syria to push the YPG back from the frontier, the officials said.

    If the two above seem to be explicit demands, these next two, even though Bloomberg also paints them as demands, are not something Ergogan govt seems to have asked for explicitly, afaik, just an extrapolation from the history of US-Turkey arms sales relationship:

    Turkey wants to be re-included in the F-35 advanced aircraft program, from which it was barred after it bought S-400 missile-defense systems from Russia. It also has an outstanding request to the US to purchase dozens of F-16s warplanes and upgrade kits for its existing fleet. Moreover, Turkey wants the US to lift sanctions over its possession of the S-400 missiles.

    Re S-400 and quite likely F-16s, Turkey would like that. Re F-35, I think at this point this is just wishful thinking on the part of the Bloomberg journalist. If I were Erdogan I'd buy S-400s just to be barred from having to buy F-35s, but I could be wrong.

    • The_Walkening [none/use name]
      ·
      3 years ago

      And here I though Turkey's leadership might be opposing it because it would escalate the current situation :agony-deep:

      • Yanqui_UXO [any]
        ·
        3 years ago

        turning a big dial taht says "WWIII" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right