Without a hint of irony, Russia mocks US for 'miscalculating' Iran war
(kyivindependent.com)
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Funny, even mentioning Ukraine in a post title starts a tankie fest. Fellas working overtime, I see
Funny how you're the one Tankie bashing, as usually happens with posts not in line with the banderite bootlicker's opinions.
And lol at the Kiev independent
That's sooo interesting how you're using the Russian spelling of Kyiv
That's not the name of the website...
Wouldn't be surprised if there is some program that sources places to comment for these bots. Russia would be a logical keyword in that case.
Seriously. It's like someone spilled tankie chum on the carpet, or something.
Someone did something stupid and refederated with Hexbear the infected are breaking containment again
My instance isn't even federated with hexbear or .ml and I still see a bunch on their alts
Don't hexbear
Open inside
Russia is happy US made the same mistake as them.
"Mistake"
Russia's operative in office was given explicit instructions to start this war.
Yes, and now both countries started a war they expected to easily win and now looks like they made the same mistake. There are an endless amount of differences between these two wars but it not going as easy as hoped is one very clear similarity.
Yeah, they’re making a killing off this one too.
Being a lib with no political theory must be so confusing reading the news these days
Nothing ironic here; Russia planned for the consequences of their war while we thought we'd just roll the Iranians, just like we thought we'd roll the houthis.
What war? They're having a jaunty lil weekend in Ukraine. Three days, in and out, Morty.
You call that planning? You should be SecDef.
Misery loves company.
Russia is honestly the last nation that should talk about anything with regards to this. They have had numerous high profile military failures in Ukraine (a country they promised never to invade beforehand), are stuck in WW1 with drones and an almost frozen frontline for over 4 years now, and suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties and tens of thousands of losses of high value equipment. A bombing campaign in Iran and subsequent Iranian retaliation (for now) pales in comparison to that, though the situation could always escalate in Iran.
If Russia could carry out a bombing campaign in Ukraine like the US and Israel are doing in Iran, they absolutely would. If Russia could do anything materially to hinder the US and Israeli bombing campaign in Iran such as supplying air defence systems to Iran, it would. It's a question of capability, not of will.
That's a surprising take given your instance.
It seems like Russia has actually gained from its invasion of Ukraine while the US stands to lose (some of) its military bases and influence in gulf states. So I don’t see the necessity for irony.
What has Russia gained from the Ukraine invasion? Genuinely asking.
A horrendous number of dead working age men?
Come on, i was trying to bait them into saying something outrageously stupid, now they wont reply. :(
They helped deplete the US's munition stores and now they're in a much worse position to fight Iran.
Not really?
First, the US stopped sending aid a long time ago. It's currently just that some of it is allowed to be sold to Ukraine by weapons manufacturers.
Second, most of what was sent was stuff that was sitting around that was required to be replaced anyway. It was created with the intent to fight Russia, and it was just wasting away. It literally has to be thrown away after a period, if it isn't used, and replaced.
Whatever happens in Iran, it isn't because of a lack of munitions. That pretty much been proven. It's because the US can't fight the kind of war that needs to be fought, and it never has been able to. Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan prove that. Iran can hide out in their mountains and nothing can be done about it.
The US only stopped sending aid last year, that doesn't give it enough time to recover from the $70 billion in hardware it already sent. It's also continued selling weapons to Ukraine even as it cut back on aid, as well as pressuring NATO to ramp up its purchases of US weapons (which are then going to Ukraine anyway), which still depletes the stocks.
As for it not mattering, the US has demonstrated they're willing to strike civilian targets. I'd say it matters to Iranian civilians if the US has less capability of blowing up their hospitals and schools because it has already exhausted itself.
It's like you ignored the entire section about the US sending munitions that would have never been used in Iran because it was either send them to someone else or throw them away.
It's funny that Ukraine is exposing their own hypocrisy here too. They are defending their own sovereignty against Russia's aggression yet they support US and Israel aggression over Iran defending their own sovereignty.
Yeah, because on one side of the war is their begrudging allies and on the other is an ally to their invader
Ukraine gets a pass because they're currently being invaded. It's not an ideologicall position to defend yourself, they aren't hypocrits for playing wherever hand they've got
War is a horrid thing, it makes monsters of us all. The only valid reason is for self defense, and we (theoretically) blame the aggressor for what the victim does in the course of defending themselves
The waters are a little muddier than that, since Iranian weapons have been hitting Ukraine for ages. There's not much hypocrisy to be had there, it's just sad.
Honestly a better place to point out the hypocrisy would be Ukraine complaining about being invaded after helping invade Iraq; they'd need to endure being pounded for twenty years before they could complain about being invaded.
I mean yeah, we're none of us pro-invasion here. Glad I'm not Zelensky right now, I'll be damned if I would know how to walk the knife edge between public support, effective war strategy, domestic policy, and how to stay on Trump's good side all at once. Nobody's going to come out of this situation looking heroic, I think.
It's wild that the man used to be a comedian.
It makes me feel less silly about wishing John Stewart would run for political office.
Nothing is muddy about sovereignty. You either respect it or not. Everything else is just excuses to justify violating it.
Iran doesn't respect Ukraine's sovereignty, so Ukraine doesn't respect Iran's. Simple as.
I saw a television show in the 80's where a kid named his cat "Mousey Tongue". "Chairman Meow" reminded me of this.
Ukraine joined the sanctions on iran in 2007 for the civilian nuclear program and balistic program. That is a breach of Iran sovereignity amd before it with the same regime in place the relation between the two country was decent
Choosing not to do business with someone isn't a "breach of sovereignty".
Using economic thrats to try ro force a country to not build it's army and security is a breach of sovereigty
How so? Did Iran ever breached Ukraine sovereignty?
Why exactly does Ukraine have so much experience shooting down Shahed drones?
Iran has been producing the munitions that have been raining on Ukraine for 4 years.
I'm going to be real with you, I see no difference between the USA sending Israel munitions to fire on Gaza and Iran sending them to Russia to fire at Ukraine. Either you need to tell me with a straight face that the USA respects Palestinian sovereignty or you need to accept that Iran doesn't respect the sovereignty of Ukraine.
I see no difference between the USA sending Israel munitions to fire on Gaza and Iran sending them to Russia to fire at Ukraine.
There isn't one from sovereignty perspective. Neither US or Iran selling weapons has anything to do sovereignty.
It has to do with which party is the aggressor and should countries use it as leverage for peace. US didn't commit a genocide in Gaza, they just supported it. Same way, Iran didn't attacked Ukraine, but they do support it. Israel and Russia are the aggressors who are breaching sovereignty.
Also, if we would remove sanctions from Iran, they could sell those drones to Ukraine or Europe too. Now they are forced to trade with other countries that are already sactioned by US and wouldn't be affected by sactions.
Ah, so by your measure Iran providing an eye watering amount of munitions to Russia to attack Ukraine is ultimately the fault of the USA?
Did Iran ever breached Ukraine sovereignty?
Yes, it did. It has been helping Russia doing so, which is clearly the aggressor in this war.
If you want to talk about Iranian sovereignty, I suggest you talk with Iranians. They want a regime change in their country more than anyone else.
Your argumentation here in thread - following a post about Russia's aggression against Ukraine - is disingenuous to say the least. Unfortunately, this kind of watering down autocratic systems is still widespread here on Lemmy.
Yes, it did. It has been helping Russia doing so, which is clearly the aggressor in this war.
How? By trading with it's ally Russia? Same way Ukraine has been trading with it's allies US, EU and others? We are at world war if that's the case for breached sovereignty.
If you want to talk about Iranian sovereignty, I suggest you talk with Iranians.
Yes. Something we can agree on. Iranian people should be the only ones who decides how their country is run.
They want a regime change in their country more than anyone else.
So the world will lift the sanctions placed on them and let them as citizens of a sovereign nation overthrow their theocratic government?
Your argumentation here in thread - following a post about Russia's aggression against Ukraine - is disingenuous to say the least.
I think you are confused and maybe posted in a different thread. "Russia scoffs at US-Israeli 'miscalculation' in Iran, years after failing to take Ukraine in days" was the original title of this article... Ukraine's hypocrisy is very much on point for this article.
Unfortunately, this kind of watering down autocratic systems is still widespread here on Lemmy.
Funny you say that. You are in effect the most effective propagandist for theocrats and other autocrats. You celebrate murder of civilians by lawless nations and then pretend to care about civility and rule of law. When that hypocrisy is exposed you are surprised why people are not listening to you.
I don't care which type of government a country has but I support each country's sovereignty. And if people living in those countries are unhappy about their government, it's up to them and only them to change that. It's doesn't matter if we personally like it or not. It's written in the UN Charter which we all are part of.
I don’t care which type of government a country has but I support each country’s sovereignty.
I don't know which country you are in, but I assume we both are part of the global minority that has won the birth lottery and are now residing in a region with relatively stable democratic institutions, a high standard of living, and the enjoyment of expressing an opinion without fear of the police showing up and make you disappear.
The UN Charter, the Declaration of Human Rights, and all other international agreements are valuable if respected by everyone that signed them. Countries like Iran, Russia, and China have signed most of these agreements (including the Declaration of Human Rights), but are apparently ignoring them by default. Russia, for example, agreed to more than 20 ceasefire agreement since its Ukraine invasion has began in 2014, and the Kremlin has undermined all of them.
Iran has now been sending weapons to Russia, supporting its aggression. China has been rightfully named a decisive enabler of Russia in the Ukraine war. Your argument that Ukraine is also supported by the West is dishonest and discredits you, because Ukraine is defending itself. The EU, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and other democratic states are supporting Ukraine's defense. Iran and China are supporting Russia's aggression.
This is why we should all care. Because the UN Charter and all other agreements are worthless if not enforced, and we are going in the wrong direction if we don't stop those who breach them.
Autocratic regimes are not only suppressing their own citizens, they are also actively threatening Western-style democracies and the people there. We must oppose them by all means - militarily, politically, and economically. I don't want, to provide an example, cheap oil and gas from Russia and Iran nor any renewable energy tech from China.
Whilst it’s a hard bite I understand the stance. I’m a staunch supporter of the Ukraine and unfortunately they have had to make comprises on their position. TBF I think they have balanced well. I am a supporter of Taiwan, I made an effort to buy their products over Chinese where possible, but then they decided to see parts to the Russians and critique Ukraine.
So I can see how hypocrisy can hurt.
Ukraine the brave.
I do support Ukraine too and will continue to support their fight for sovereignty, but this will do unrepairable damage. Until now they were able to call out Russia for their hypocrisy and people take them seriously, now they are the same double faced liars that they were calling out before.
I think liars is a bit strong. Acknowledging compromise is more my stance. And honestly so many have made promises and then let them down.
Iran is where Russia has been getting it's drones from, so I don't think Ukraine should feel any type of way about Iran being in conflict, it benefits them on the lower level of drone supply going to Russia.
And Ukraine has been getting weapons from half the world, should that half of the world now be open targets for it?
Sovereignty can't be conditional. You either support or it you don't.
Sure, but they aren't.
It's funny how we all delegate the use of heavy weapons to people who are barely able to communicate
Do they support it or just not criticize them for it due to being so reliant on US weaponry?
They are actively supporting the attacks by US and Israel. They praised the attacks, met with the exiled monarch and no word about Iran sovereignty.
They also offered to send drones and drone specialists to the region to shoot down Iranian drones. Which is no different than Iran supplying Russia with drones. If you have issue with that, why are you doing the same?
Also they are not reliant on US anymore, Europe is almost entirely supplying Ukraine now from weapons to intelligence.
Which is no different than Iran supplying Russia with drones.
Well that's just disingenuous and you know it. There's a big difference between offensive and defensive drones. Iran is helping Russia kill Ukrainians. Ukraine is helping Gulf nations (who didn't start this war) defend themselves from attacks from Iran. No Iranians are dying from Ukrainian drones.
There's a big difference between offensive and defensive drones.
There's a big difference between offensive and defensive drones.
What a joke. There isn't such a thing as defensive weapon. Weapons are effensive by their fucking nature.
Ukraine is helping Gulf nations (who didn't start this war) defend themselves from attacks from Iran.
The same Gulf countries that allow US bases from which attacks are conducted? Do you even believe the shit you say?
Seems to be a touchy subject for you so I'll just leave it at this. Take care.
It should be for everyone. We lived through live genocide streamed to the world to see and heard excuse after excuse that nothing could be done because US only supplies defensive weapons to war criminals.
They are actively supporting the attacks by US and Israel.
The funny thing is that nobody even asked Ukraine for help, Zelenskyy just volunteered it. Very odd timing, as one would expect Ukraine to need all the resources it has, and more, at this moment.
The military bases are used to provide intel to israel and the usa to murder civilians in Iran including anti regime iranians. Nothing defensive about them. Ukranians did participate in the Iraq occupation nobody can use it to jusify the urrian occupation. Iran providing drones to Russia do not justify the war of agresdion israel and the usa started it
If ukraine can talk about a peace deal, it could also negociate along europe to make them move from supporting russia to supporting Ukraine
Yup yup yup. Ukraine has been an American colony since they got couped in the early 2010s and Europe is another group of American vassals so saying they're dependent on them doesn't really change much altogether, it's not like they're team BRICS. So it doesn't really matter. Some people are silly enough to see the Russian war on Ukraine in a vacuum, not understanding the efforts America has gone through for decades to isolate, destabilise and control Russia, the coup and following the establishment of Ukraine as another American base (basically just Taiwan of Eastern Europe) would've continued as planned if Russia hadn't attacked them. It still continued but with obvious difficulties, hence the kind of stalemate between Western powers and Russia we see today.
Russia is as much a hypocrite here. They are the aggressor using excuses to breach Ukraine's sovereignty in the same naked way as US or Israel does all the fucking time.
Rich of you to talk about destabiliation as Russia openly interferes in Georgia and Moldova.
Is Russia supposed to move outside of Europe so they don't get choked and invaded by the West (America and dogs, and I live in a dog country, trust me I don't like it either)? Is it their fault they are now surrounded by American vassal states, finally with the Ukrainian takeover (Zelensky was publicly embarrassed with that whole "did you even say thank you?" or whatever that was, scolded like a child and the entire EU was meant to sit like employees listening to daddy Trump seen in that recent infamous picture: even the nature of the relationships between these countries and America, the vassalage, is more than out in the open!)?
Friend, if you think that the alternative to Russia moving against Ukraine before America managed to build all the military facilities and industry to finally takeover Russia and make the entirety of Europe their vassals is a "non aligned, independent Ukraine", you live in la la land. No, this is somewhat similar to what Iran is doing with its nearby neighbours, except that they got bombed twice and suffered the decapitation of their political and religious leader. They believed in the West, they tried diplomacy, after a coup and the following revolution, after years of economic wars. The difference is that Russia anticipated this to a certain degree (they still got all their money stolen by European banks 🤷), probably because the Russians have already dealt with the West for long enough to know they only know violence and subjugation, not cooperation and integration, so war was always going to happen. So Ukraine got infiltrated and couped (or "had their revolution" if you still buy into propaganda) and the rest is history.
Also, bear in mind, any country "moving into the Western sphere of influence" is a potential danger to their non-subjugated neighbours, because at any moment America can start building bases and intelligence and then destabilisation or strikes start happening. For Russia, this is existential, same as it is for Iran today. You'll notice you mentioned Russian neighbours and not, idk, Somalia, Iran, Vietnam, Venezuela, etc etc. I feel that speaks for itself, right?
We are inpase it seems. You support violating countries sovereignty when it suites you, I oppose it in all cases. There is nothing you can say that can justify or excuse it.
Fair enough, fair enough.
Ukraine is no longer reliant on the usa . In fact, europe is the biggest backer of Ukraine right to defend itself and the usa eased up the sanctions on russia because of that war Ukraine support and also moved defendive assets from ukraine to help Israel
They are reliant on US Intel
Cool, now Trump will drop all the other sanctions.
