• NoiseColor @lemmy.world
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              2 hours ago

              I’m sorry the word paradigm confuses you, but we do have dictionaries. It’s easy too check the meaning of the word and not look stupid.

              Also, if you don’t know what someone means, you can also ask, not just think they are stupid because you don’t understand them.

              • Matty Roses@lemmy.today
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                1 hour ago

                It doesn’t confuse me. It doesn’t mean what you think it does, as Ukraine is not a template.

                • NoiseColor @lemmy.world
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                  1 hour ago

                  Look, take it easy. I know you are a kid, because you lack the self-confidence to ask people what they mean (and you shared a cartoon). But I can tell you, people that ask look way smarter than people that try to make it into a weird confrontation. Today you can just paste stuff into chatgpt or something and let it explain and for sure write a better response than you did, no offense. Plus, if you want an honest exchange of opinion, you must likely won’t get it with an arrogant behavior, but by taking a few minutes and replying with something thoughtful. You got my 10 minutes, but that’s done. Have a nice evening.

                  • Matty Roses@lemmy.today
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                    59 minutes ago

                    Yeah, I’m middle-aged. You’re on quite a roll here.

                    Just don’t use words you don’t understand, it’s a bad look.

        • Nautalax@lemmy.world
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          6 hours ago

          At the core of the defense paradigm. Since Ukraine has a gigantic military (currently more personnel than even France), pretty cutting edge work on drone and anti-drone warfare and has been fighting for years against the EU’s biggest land threat. They’re not saying Ukraine is at the core of Europe the continent…

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            6 hours ago

            Why is Russia the “EU’s biggest land threat”?

            That’s exactly the point. Allying with Ukraine is the main thing that drives that.

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              5 hours ago

              Previously the European states learned that letting some major power go around willy-nilly annexing strips of land and entire states from their neighbors does not end well. They’re on Russia’s list of unfriendly countries, are subject to Russian influence operations that are not especially appreciated and there is some evidence to suggest that Russia would seek to reclaim lands from eastern EU states if given the opportunity. Plus the occasional bombing and constant rhetoric against them. So obviously they will prefer to back Ukraine rather than letting Russia absorb it, become stronger and start eyeing the next country.

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                3 hours ago

                that letting some major power go around willy-nilly annexing strips of land and entire states from their neighbors does not end well

                Which power was that?

                and there is some evidence to suggest that Russia would seek to reclaim lands from eastern EU states if given the opportunity

                What evidence is that?

                Because, again, the logic from you chicken hawks seems only to be that Europe must support Ukraine fighting Russia, because it is obvious Russia is an enemy, based on the fact that they are fighting Ukraine.

                Notice the issue there? Nowhere is there any threat to Europe listed.

                and constant rhetoric against them

                wait, so rhetoric is a casus belli now?

                In that case, isn’t this NAFO style crap direct aggression? They’re very loud about how they’re willing to fight to the last Ukrainian - of course, not when they’d be in danger themselves - but how it’s good that Russians are dying.

                Russia has made no threat I’m aware of to attack any EU member. If you have evidence of such, present it. Otherwise, your weasel words are just that.

        • remon@ani.social
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          6 hours ago

          Now try reading the entire sentence!

          spoiler

          Ukraine is at the core of the defence paradigm … not the core of Europe.

          • Matty Roses@lemmy.today
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            Defense of what? Using words you don’t understand doesn’t change the fact you haven’t defined what you’re trying to say.

            Which is basically a tautology that just sees fighting Russia as a good thing on its own, but without any reason given.

            So again, sit down and actually think about what you’re trying to say. You’ll come off far less stupid.

    • LittleBorat3@lemmy.world
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      It’s the only one that has real experience with modern warfare and technology in this century. So they have know how.

      It’s going to be the outpost for the new EU/Nato does not matter where it geographically is, maybe you took that too literally.

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        Why does Europe want to ally with Ukraine? That will cause the conflict with Russia that you’re presumably saying we need defense against.

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          10 hours ago

          cause conflict with Russia

          Are you talking about a new conflict and not the current literal invasion? Because they kinda already crossed that bridge. Then it got blown up like 2 or 3 times.

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          10 hours ago

          Europe includes Ukraine, and they are already allies, just without a mutual defense agreement.

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                7 hours ago

                “Europe” is not a signatory to the Budapest memorandum. Neither is NATO, nor the EU. So how this applies to “Europe”, which is what the conversation you’re responding to is about, is a mystery at best.

                The UK and US are signatories. NATO is not. Considering that NATO willfully violated the UN Charter (which the Budapest memorandum rests upon) by bombing Yugoslavia in 1999, as well as later actions, it’s a pretty selective to claim that that is applicable.

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      9 hours ago

      the United States is halfway around the world, that doesn’t stop us from projecting power