And yet, you’re the one who’s been posting opinion pieces like “Ukrainians never harbored ill feelings toward Russians”KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 10:53 ami don’t get itTDub wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 10:44 amsince when has that ever stopped him from proclaiming such "truths"KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 10:12 am IIRC these areas were already independent republics that didn’t wanna be part of Ukraine anyway, which prompted the Azov paramilitaries to go all militant on those regions for years now anyway, with weapons paid for by you and me.
i don’t think this is a fair or accurate representation
a quick google search of “history” of those regions yields ample perspectives that offer a notably different narrative
for hundreds of years, through the czars, stalin, the soviets, and now putin, there has been repeated attempts to wrestle that region away from Ukraine and ethnic Ukrainians
Acknowledging the hundreds of years of conflicts may cast doubt upon narratives that this all happened as some unprovoked unilateral aggression.
Bear in mind, the one who’s been fussing to consider all those through some lens of historical context has been Qusdahl.
And I say do not out of antagonism! I’m hoping the discussion is making progress!