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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Classic whataboutism.

Because the US does interventionism, fund far-right politicians, etc., Russia (and China) can do as such, and even more. At least the US doesn't want to "regain it's old lost territories".

[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

In fairness it's a solid criticism considering there's two kinds of comparisons that aren't made on equal footing. To argue U.S.'s kind of intervention is the same as the Russias, would be more appropriate to consider Russia's pre 2014 involvement in Ukraine. If you want to compare full-scale military operations then ZILtoid makes a good point. We haven't tried to annex another country in a long time.