• kava@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    American goals in Ukraine are

    • make Russia pay dearly for every inch of land they take in Ukraine

    • use this opportunity to give a nice cash injection to our defense contractors

    • gather as much intel & data on both Russia & the modern battlefield in general. Sort of like the Spanish Civil War before WW2. A playground to test out new technologies

    These goals have already been accomplished. It’s been a great couple years in terms of hurting Russia for cheap.

    We want to prolong this war as long as possible. A Ukrainian victory would be just as bad as a Ukrainian loss. It’s why we modulate our aid carefully. Like Chomsky was saying before his stroke - “we will fight them to the last Ukrainian”

    I think a lot of people get blinded by propaganda in the moment. Even people who retroactively would be able to see it just fine (try and find someone who believes Iraq was a justified war) strongly believe the party lines.

    Reality is American interests and Ukrainian interests are not aligned.

    • ManixT@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Ukraine deserves to exist and no bullshit you make up can deprive them of that right

      • kava@lemmy.world
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        30 days ago

        American strategic goals and what Ukraine deserves are two separate topics that have no connection with each other

        The Kurds have a right to exist, what happened to them once there was no more utility to the US?

        The US is participating in the destruction of Ukraine for their own strategic interests. Just like every other thing the US has ever done.