[konart]

> bullshit reasons

That's very subjective. No one starts a war for bullshit reasons. They may sound bullshit for you but not for them.

PS: hopefully I don't have to point out that _reasons_ and "denazification" casus belli are different things.

[onetoo]

If you want to split hairs about exact terminology, then /reasons/casus belli/. I hope we don't disagree that their "denazification" story is bullshit.

[konart]

We don't. I'm just pointing out that that those are two different things for two very different discussions.

In fact there is little to no point in discussing the casus belli part.

[boffinAudio]

Are the 10 biolabs that were built in Ukraine close to the border with Russia, starting in 2014 - with the explicit purpose of researching gain of function on coronaviruses and targetted genotypes as part of the CIA's PREDICT program - also bullshit, in your opinion?

Because, in spite of your opinion, its not bullshit.

What would the USA do if Mexico or Canada were suddenly sprouting up clandestine bio-warfare laboratories, funded by Russia or China, within miles of its border? What would Israel do if Iran had funded similar biolabs on its borders with Egypt or Jordan?

[khokhol]

No one starts a war for bullshit reasons.

The point is that the stated reasons are bullshit - in the sense that they are very different from the aggressor's real "reasons".