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Originally Posted by Itse
I feel very weird about people thinking that rooting out corrupt politicians is a bad thing.
Most countries never actually get around to actually doing much about corruption. At least Ukraine is making a serious effort.
Corruption tends to be a massive problem during any war, for any country, and Ukraine didn't start in a great place so yeah, funds and equipment has been stolen and will get stolen. But again, they ARE trying to do something about it, and a big sweep like this that gathers a lot of attention and gets a lot of people at once is probably more effective than a quieter process would have been.
This is a signal to the whole country. Let's not treat it as a bad thing.
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No I am not against that at all! In fact, the reality that they are facing it rather than denying it shows their desire to stand in integrity. That must be very difficult in a war environment.
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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Anyone reading this should hopefully pick out the couched pro-Russian lean.
There is no scenario where Ukraine should accept the loss of territory to a beligirent Russia. The west should and could never force them to accept that.
The only resolution possible in near term is if Russia fully withdraws. There's no "little guy" getting crushed here. Hard to call the mass conscription of actual convicts "innocents" especially given their millions of comrades who chose to flee instead of participate in the war. If you are part of a force invading ukrainian soil, you deserve to die.
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Wow. That is quite the judgement! I am by no means pro Russian. I want Ukraine to kick butt, frankly! So you be wrong! Russia started it and acts the victim. They should be expelled because they shouldn't have gone in in the first place. All I mean is that there are slants on both sides and the truth is somewhere in the middle. I used to work in journalism and if you are reporting on one side and neglect the other side, you lose that part of the story that is important even if the other side is wrong. The truth is far broader than we can see. I hope that makes sense. Russia is doing terrible, evil things in Ukraine there is no mistaking that. I just think there is so much more going on then what we hear and see if that makes sense.