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by lisasays 1118 days ago
Yup - they're literally saying that the fact of a tiny fringe group that managed to get involved with the Muj in Chechnya -- is equivalent to saying that Ukraine as a whole (or its government, whatever) supported those folks.

Which kind of like saying, "Well gosh, a lot of Irish folks in Boston supported the IRA back in the 70s-80s. Which means, you know, the United States supported the IRA!"
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dragonwriter 1118 days ago
> Which kind of like saying, "Well gosh, a lot of Irish folks in Boston supported the IRA. Which means, you know, the United States supported the IRA!"

American support for the IRA was a lot higher, AFAICT, than Ukrainian support for anyone aligned against Russia in Chechnya was.

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ghostwriter 1117 days ago
> Yup - they're literally saying that the fact of a tiny fringe group that managed to get involved with the Muj in Chechnya -- is equivalent to saying that Ukraine as a whole (or its government, whatever) supported those folks.

Yup - they're literally saying that the fact of a tiny fringe group that managed to get involved with Crimea and Donbass in 2014 -- is equivalent to saying that Russia as a whole (or its government, whatever) supported those folks.

Yup - they're literally saying that the fact of a tiny fringe group that managed to get involved with the terrorists in Baghdad/Kabul -- is equivalent to saying that Iraq/Afghanistan as a whole (or its government, whatever) supported those folks.

In other words, the person registered "77 days ago" loses their entire awareness of role reversal in an attempt to fit reality into their botched worldview. It would be nice to hear, at least, what Ukraine did do to prosecute the so called fringe group that was threatening foreign relations of the entire state, but that would be too much for you to answer. Especially in the light of knowing that UNA-UNSO got integrated into the governing body of the country [1]. Let me guess: "they are still the minority". Great coping nonetheless.

[1] https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/206070.html

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lisasays 1117 days ago
A tiny fringe group that managed to get involved with Crimea and Donbass in 2014

And on and on, in circles we go ...

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