• Dem Bosain
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    04 months ago

    They’re not wrong. Azov have been far-right extremists since the beginning. But imagine if a foreign country invaded the US and gained a sizable stronghole. We’d be arming right-wing militias to repel the invaders too.

    They’re a help now, but Azov will be a problem in the future.

    • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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      We’d be arming right-wing militias to repel the invaders too.

      Yeah, that’s a problem. It’s almost as if liberalism enables fascism.

      They’re a help now

      No they’re fucking not. They’re fucking fascists. On what planet are fascists “a help”?

      • No they’re fucking not. They’re fucking fascists. On what planet are fascists “a help”?

        Um, on Bizzaro World? Did you consider that, sweaty?

        Intolerant anti-Nazi bigot OWNED.

    • FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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      But imagine if a foreign country invaded the US and gained a sizable stronghole. We’d be arming right-wing militias to repel the invaders too.

      Who’s “we”? Biden? You are saying Biden will arm Jan 6th rioters to repel the Chinese or Russians or whatever?

      Also, brave Mujahideen etc etc

      They’re a help now, but Azov will be a problem in the future.

      I can’t wait for Azov to do another 9/11 antelope-popcorn

      • Dem Bosain
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        04 months ago

        Who’s “we”? Biden?

        We as in the US. Stop trying to pwn the “other side” weirdo.

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            I mean, yeah, if China decided to invade the US, the US probably would proliferate the explosives needed by those far right militias right down to 'em, they already have more small arms and ammo than the US mil of course, but they would need the Apaches and Hellfire missiles to be dispensed. OH, and half of them are already trained in their use, being ex military themselves. So “yes” I guess is what I’m trying to say. Or perhaps more accurately “probably, yes.”

          • Dem Bosain
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            04 months ago

            I’m saying if the Chinese invade, gain a significant stronghold, and use that area to continuously bombard the surrounding area in an attempt to overtake the entire country, the US will arm anyone they can. It’s not a difficult concept, why is this so hard?

            • @mufasio@lemmygrad.ml
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              We know that you, and other liberals, would do the same because you are doing it right now for Ukraine and have always supported fascists over anyone and anything that challenges capital or the status quo. That’s one of the many reasons we despise liberals. Arming Nazis is always bad, why is this so hard?

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        Plus there’s the small problem of Azov having been instrumental in raiding the Donbas region of Ukraine for seven years before the Russian Federation got involved. So it would be more like if Rishi Sunak armed the Oathkeepers to raze Arizona until Mexico felt the need to intervene.

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      No, you never arm nazis. Azov is worse than just a “right wing militia”, they are actual blood and soil neo nazis. How many times that this have to backfire backfire before people realise arming Nazis is a terrible idea?

      Also this ignores the fact that far right elements were essential in the 2014 coup taking place in Ukraine. The support of Nazi groups was needed to seperate Russia and Ukraine diplomatically. That’s the whole reason “the West” has been arming and supporting them for close to a decade now.

      • @deft@ttrpg.network
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        Yes.

        Look there are racists everywhere, that is a fact. Calling Azov a far right group is a Russian smear attempt.

        For Azov the big proof is Andrey Biletsky, look him up. In 2011 he was a far-right pro Russian Ukrainian. That’s sorta what far-right means in Ukraine, pro Russian. It also means white supremacist specifically anti-LGBT and antisemitism.

        This article doesn’t bother to speak on what far-right means in Ukraine or how that stance has been challenged in Ukraine. This article really doesn’t say much about anything useful to understand this far-right identity in Ukraine it just uses the term to make liberals pearl clutch.

        Ukraine is being invaded if racists wanna pick up a gun and defend it go ahead but the identity of far-right in Ukraine tends to be pretty pro Russian. Meaning a lot of that identity right now is likely in shambles and being challenged.

        It is just a disingenuous article. Nothing else to say about it. The entire thing is just “ooh spooky far right Ukraine!”

        Like come on you eat this up?

  • @Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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    I’m not really sure what they’re trying to raise as a specific issue here.

    Azov are a part of the Ukrainian military. That’s Ukraine’s decision. If we give arms to Ukraine there’s a good chance some of those arms will end up in the hands of Azov members.

    There’s not really any way to avoid that. We need to put diplomatic pressure on Ukraine to deal with the problem of far right extremists in their country (and, y’know, it would probably help if we were leading the way by doing more to deal with far right extremists in our own country), but abandoning them to the Russians just because they’re not perfect paragons of progressive idealism isn’t helping anything.

  • @HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    Okay, and?

    Russia is the pressing threat. Throw Russia out first, and retake Crimea. Then deal with Azov fanatics. That’s what triage is; you deal with the big thing first, and then the smaller things. You don’t treat an amputated finger while someone is gushing blood from a severed carotid.

    • @brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
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      retake Crimea

      Never going to happen.

      Then deal with Azov fanatics

      Also never going to happen.

      Western liberals ability to learn absolutely nothing from 9/11 is impressive.

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        Never going to happen.

        Defeatist.

        Also never going to happen.

        Also defeatist.

        This is the point in time where I ask how Putin’s boot tastes like. Palestine kept fighting for over 80 years and your view of Ukrainian resolve speaks volumes. Sure, Azov might be the Ukrainian equivalent to Hamas, but last I checked invasion tends to breed extremist groups and those extremist groups tend to be a pain in the invaders ass. Word to IS and Al Quaida, who still haven’t been defeated by US imperialists. Will it take some time for them to get curbed after all is said and done? Yes, just look at the IRA. Needless to say, you’ve got plenty of other historical precedent to contend with.

        • @brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
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          Defeatist

          Wishful thinking trumped reality exactly never.

          Also defeatist

          NATO and Ukraine are never even going to try to deal with Azov, are you going to be going over there to deal with them yourself?

          This is the point in time where I ask how Putin’s boot tastes like.

          Of course it is. Because all you have is rote memorised thought terminating cliches.

          Palestine kept fighting for over 80 years

          Yeah, and even they aren’t trying for complete control of all of current Isreal, which would be equivalent to your expectation of taking all of Crimea.

          your view of Ukrainian resolve speaks volumes

          Insert wanking hand gesture here

          Sure, Azov might be the Ukrainian equivalent to Hamas

          They aren’t; Hamas aren’t neo Nazis.

          those extremist groups tend to be a pain in the invaders ass.

          Azov hasn’t been a pain in Russia’s ass; I don’t know why Westerners are so eager to attribute Ukraine’s success to them and not the regular Ukrainian military. I actually, I do know; Western liberals see Nazis as hyper capable.

          What Azov has been is an enormous boon to Russian propaganda.

          Word to IS and Al Quaida, who still haven’t been defeated by US imperialists. Will it take some time for them to get curbed after all is said and done? Yes, just look at the IRA.

          Did you really write these two sentences one right after the other without realising the irony?

  • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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    “No way to prevent this” says only country to keep doing this around the world since WW2 amerikkka

    I am not counting other NATO countries for the same reason you don’t count pets towards the occupancy of a house.

    Also,