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by alluro2 1064 days ago
Ukraine is still at war because the west is helping them repel an occupator.

Let's say China started supporting people in Guam who want independence, and supplying them with weapons - that would be just and a good thing, right?

Because you did posit in the previous reply that it's completely expected and a fact of life that larger powers overtake these smaller ones - like USA and Guam, and Russia and Ukraine.

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> Let's say China started supporting people in Guam who want independence

Sounds like you’ve forgotten that Russia marched on Ukraine’s capital, deliberately shelling civilian targets, and Ukraine fought off the Russians on their own for weeks, completely defying everyone’s expectations, which is why the West is now supplying weapons to them.

On top of that Ukraine was an independent state with a treaty with a Russia guaranteeing that.

Can you tell us again how Guan is like Ukraine?

> you did posit in the previous reply that it's completely expected and a fact of life that larger powers overtake these smaller ones

I think you’re just making that you, but in case you aren’t you’ll be able to quote where I said that.