Putin Says NATO Is Preparing for War—and Compares Western Countries to Nazi Germany in 1941
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/putin-says-nato-is-preparing-for-war-and-compares-western-countries-to-nazi-germany-in-1941-20091
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T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 64d
Fucking rich coming from him
alapakala@quokk.au · 7 pts · 64d
TallonMetroid@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 64d
Every accusation is a confession.
jdr@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 64d
#metoo
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 64d
no u
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 64d
He should compare them to 2021 Russia.
Tiresia@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 64d
Right on two counts, actually.
First: short of nuclear weapons, Russia kind of too insignificant to be a threat to NATO. NATO's military budget is scheduled to be several times more than Russia's entire purchasing power adjusted GDP. Putin is correct that it's a pretext.
Second, the US is definitely slipping towards fascism, with the UK not far behind and many other European countries at risk.
NATO's military buildup isn't for Russia. The significance of a mass rollout of autonomous and semi-autonomous weaponry in the hands of the Trump administration should be obvious.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 64d
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has shown Europe that it needs more of everything. The idea that we can win a small highly equipped highly trained force has gone out the window. And that costs money.
And yes, we've also seen the US shift from steadfast ally to unreliable to outright geopolitical opponent.
But don't assume that just because Russia couldn't occupy Warsaw that they can't, for example, kill several hundred thousand Estonians. Russia is immediately turning genocidal in its occupied territories, and while they're not a risk to Europe as a whole, they are absolutely dangerous.
Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 64d
Eat shit and die
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 64d
Right. Someone should tell this guy that he is closer to being an actual fascist than anyone in the EU. It's the entire reason Trump loves him so much.
OpenStars@piefed.social · 4 pts · 64d
I find it hard to believe that he is not already aware.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 64d
But I thought you were already fighting NATO, right Putin?
dandi8@fedia.io · 1 pts · 64d
And we're reporting this why...?
Damage@feddit.it · 1 pts · 64d
I wonder why we may be preparing for war
BallyM@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 64d
He’s no Stalin, and NATO leaders aren’t Hitler of course. But some of them have made a point of honouring the memory of Nazi collaborators recently (Canada and France, maybe others).
kibblebits@quokk.au · -1 pts · 64d
They’re all Nazis.