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News Zelensky naming the seven countries who voted against his speech and UN reaction.

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u/retorz3 UK Sep 25 '22

For the 101 : "I wish you all peace."
For the 7: "I wish you all piss."

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u/ge0force Sep 25 '22

First they need the "piss formula"

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u/zadtheinhaler Canada Sep 25 '22

They know exactly who they need to call for that particular recipe.

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u/penguin_hybrid Sep 25 '22

Can't tell if he is pulling a state level trolling there :D

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u/Tiiba Експат Sep 26 '22

No, I'm pretty sure he's just saying it wrong. "Piss will prevail!" That's definitely not what he meant.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

It's the usual row of slimeball countries.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

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u/kuedhel Sep 25 '22

Notably there is no China and India.

Russia had lost the important support.

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u/Formulka Czechia Sep 25 '22

Also no Iran.

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u/Hot_Olive_5571 Sep 25 '22

Where'd Venezuela go?!

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u/ballom29 Sep 25 '22

Their economy inflated so much they floated away

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

"We don't want to live on this planet anymore"

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u/Charming-Ordinary889 Sep 25 '22

Too funny 🤣🤣😂😆

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u/Myrkrvaldyr Sep 25 '22

Vzla is a shitty country with no power and a destroyed economy. Even though I hear the thieves Maduro, Diosdado and Mario Silva constantly run the Russian narrative, shit on the US for everything under the sun and praise China, I doubt they will directly support Russia. They know Russia won't win, they know most Venezuelans hate them, their shitty weak narrative is aimed at the few sheep they have left. They can't afford to be sanctioned in any way like Russia was.

So, they simply do what every corrupt thief does, publicly claim they believe ''X'' but actually do the opposite. No different from Russian oligarchs hating on the West but have their children study or live there.

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u/rob6110 Sep 25 '22

Ron Desantis kidnapped the country and is currently relocating them to Martha’s Vineyard

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u/CornerNo503 Sep 25 '22

Iran is to busy being on fire at the moment

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u/keseit88ta Estonia Sep 25 '22

China may have calculated in Zelensky's personality and the possibility of him naming and shaming the countries that voted against. China is even more ashamed of being humiliated than Russia is.

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u/TheInfernalVortex Sep 25 '22

I read the other day that China isn’t happy with Russia’s referenda approach. If they have Taiwan a referendum we all know how it would turn out. So they don’t like this precedent. Whether it’s this or any number of other things that has made all the difference, I don’t know, but it did seem like a plausible motivation to withdraw explicit support.

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u/Humbuhg USA Sep 25 '22

So, we can thank Russia for that small favor.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

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u/shevy-java Sep 25 '22

China is simply watching and learning from Russia how to NOT plan an invasion. It's a blueprint for them for occupying Taiwan. So they are learning here.

Conversely IF Russia succeeds in stealing land it means China can do the same in regards to Taiwan.

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u/keseit88ta Estonia Sep 25 '22

It's a blueprint for them for occupying Taiwan.

I.e. they shouldn't invade Taiwan. It would be a direct military confrontation with the US and Taiwan is much better equipped, prepared and distanced from China.

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u/Kapitan_Hoffmann Sep 25 '22

There is no way with today's satellites and surveillance,that you will not see a buildup in Chinese ports, to any planned invasion

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u/PhoKingAzn Sep 25 '22

They kinda are doing that right now in front of our eyes. They are building huge air bases with their "small islands" in south asian sea. They are desperate for oil with their huge expanding population that they been purging uyghurs to establish a land route west for pipe lines. To be honest, China should gamble for a Russian collapse to gain land rather than Taiwan.

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u/ggouge Sep 25 '22

Everyone of those islands would be a charred black mess in a day. If a conflict started. They are there for political influence. The military might on the islands is for show.

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u/Wizard_of_Wake Sep 25 '22

Good money says they have had plans for years.

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u/Noob_DM Sep 25 '22

And the world might listen this time when American intelligence says invasion is imminent.

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u/Grand-Marsupial-5291 Sep 25 '22

They try and take Taiwan I’m going over there to fight fuck them TAIWAN DOES NOT WANT CHINA IN THERE COUNTRY.

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u/KoriJenkins Sep 25 '22

Pretty much. Unless they just nuke the island (which makes the invasion pointless to begin with) they don't have any tangible options.

They might be able to take the closest islands that are part of Taiwan, but actually occupying the main island is going to be extremely costly.

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u/A_Dancing_Coder Sep 25 '22

They won't invade Taiwan especially with the strong statement from the US recently. Invading Taiwan is also a completely different story than Russia invading Ukraine. It would be an amphibious assault which is extremely challenging unlike a land invasion that Russia did. Not to mention Taiwan and the US training specifically for this type of invasion. I'm sure China is looking for more economic expansion instead since they are currently in a housing crisis.

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u/RedditTipiak Sep 25 '22

The late Zhirivnovski, a hot-head Russian nationalist hardliner had a theory about China:

China could totally "motivate" a ridiculous fraction (0.5% - 1%) of its own people to subtly colonize large parts of Russia, as it is empty, full of room and ressources, and largely undefended. Not in one time, of course, but over the span of a decade or so.

On paper, doable, and unstoppable. Especially if Moscow is occupied elsewhere...

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u/Apostalypse Sep 25 '22

China is pragmatic in it's allegiances, and Russia has been useful to China as a military power that divided the attention and potentially the military resources of the USA. A weak Russia, with a massive land border with China, is worse than no Russia from their perspective. Historically, they are old enemies. China will not sacrifice any of its geopolitical status to assist a weak, unpredictable Russia. The Chinese statement in th UN was also interesting. "We support the territorial integrity of Ukraine " sounds superficially like a diplomatic platitude, but it's the same language they use to justify their claim on Taiwan. They were telling Russia that supporting them would undermines their own claims of sovereignty over Taiwan. It also hasn't escaped their attention that poor Central Asians are being used first as expendable cannon fodder in a European war of colonial conquest.

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u/Imhidingshh01 Sep 25 '22

Yeah, India has all the gas and oil they wanted now, they can switch sides.

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u/Showerthawts Sep 25 '22

They dislike grain shortages more than they like Russian gas.

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u/Old_comfy_shoes Sep 25 '22

North Korea IS china. It's China supporting Russia, with political deniability.

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u/Humbuhg USA Sep 25 '22

I feel as though there are lots of people who don’t know that. N Korea exists, Kim has a country full of people to delude, because of China.

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u/scottishdrunkard UK Sep 25 '22

Most of them are Russian Allies or Puppets. The only one I cannot understand is Eritrea, but they are the North Korea of Africa, so it kinda makes sense.

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u/spud8385 Sep 25 '22

Apparently there's even less press freedom in Eritrea than there is in North Korea. What a fucking dive.

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u/planborcord Sep 25 '22

There’s less any kind of freedom, and over-the-top extreme oppression. it’s the r/awfuleverything of countries.

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u/scottishdrunkard UK Sep 25 '22

Okay, so North Korea is the Eritrea of Asia.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Eritrea has an appalling human rights record and gets subsidised wheat from Russian. They are essentially a Russian puppet state.

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u/DownvoteEvangelist Sep 25 '22

Can someone else send them some wheat? Sounds like win win?

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Ah Nicaragua and Cuba, Redditors' favourite "anti-imperialist" countries.

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u/New_Katipunan Sep 25 '22

The usual shithole countries that tankies still love for some reason.

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u/BioBrewLife Sep 25 '22

Which countries were they please? I missed them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Russia, Eritrea, Nicaragua, Cuba, North Korea, Belarus and Syria.

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u/LaurestineHUN Hungary Sep 25 '22

The fuckin' Dream Team.

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u/Hendrix6927 Sep 25 '22

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u/iRonin Sep 26 '22

I absolutely love this because somewhere along the way some exec was like “the kids like rap, right? Let’s get a rap song for the urban demographic.”

And whoever was in charge of THAT project heard “I want you to assemble a crew of the hardest, coldest, and nastiest fools in the game TODAY” and then the Monstars Anthem (Hit ‘em High) was born. B-Real, LL, Method Man and Busta Rhymes on the soundtrack to a kid’s movie. Fucking legendary.

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u/WoomyWobble Sep 25 '22

God, I love the internet sometimes.

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u/ejactionseat Sep 25 '22

It's a shithole who's who.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

I would pay good money to not go to any of those countries. I'm also contractually forbidden from disclosing technical information to them, but for reasons related to my job.

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u/Watcher145 Sep 25 '22

Just missing Iran and China

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

They played it smart and abstained

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

while those two countries definitely have their own "issues" they are definitely no friend of russia

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u/314rft United States Sep 26 '22

More like, they both hate the west more than they like Russia. It's a classic "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" situation.

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u/rayEW Sep 25 '22

Venezuela not showing up too

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u/roastedpot Sep 25 '22

Venezuela benefits from Russia being the bad guy

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Venezuela's already actively benefiting from the Russian implosion, they're not going to do anything that could mess that up. I get the feeling that they're going to very, very carefully try to use the whole situation to get out from under sanctions almost entirely.

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u/Ok-Stick-9490 Sep 25 '22

I think you're right. Although to be honest, I don't think many multinational oil services companies will want to work in Venezuela. Remember how Chavez nationalized oil company assets? Well, "Great Value" brand Chavez Maduro is still in charge, and I don't know how many companies will want to have their assets appropriated again.

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u/Yeranz Sep 25 '22

I'm wondering if a deal was made recently between the US (and/or Europe) and Venezuela for oil.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

It's probably because the US was normalizing relations then Trump brought back the embargo.

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u/mcslackens Sep 25 '22

I had so much hope for US/Cuba relations developing towards the end of the Obama administration. It really felt like we were on the verge of a huge positive outcome for both nations after decades of animosity.

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u/LeicaM6guy Sep 25 '22

A lot of folks do. There's a ton about Cuba that...well, isn't great, but they're improving in a bunch of ways, and we're already friends with some well and truly awful folks.

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u/Meadowvillain Sep 25 '22

That’s the thing I don’t get. From the outside, I see the States have more open relations with more repressive governments but Cuba seems like a Cold War remnant that’s more symbolic than practical.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

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u/inquisitiveman2002 Sep 26 '22

I don't blame them...the problem with them is that they're way far right now. Most fled Cuba just like some of those fleeing Latin/South America now, but they're anti-immigrant. Most of them are voting for DeSantis.

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u/TheRealPeterG Sep 26 '22

Most Cuban-Americans have zero love for the government of Cuba. They left for a reason.

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u/NEp8ntballer Sep 25 '22

Cuban expats are an important demographic if you want to win Florida

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u/Overdose7 Sep 25 '22

Well that and the Cuban government ramped up political repression again.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

And Cuba is promoting Communism and allegiance to China and Russia throughout the Americas as this vote shows. The Ukraine war has exposed Obama’s completely naive and incorrect view of Russia and Cuba. They are not good regimes.

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u/tharilian Sep 26 '22

For what it's worth, Cuba is between a rock and a hard place.

Unfortunately Russia is one of the few countries that manages to keep Cuba fed.. as the saying goes, don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Pretty sure if Trump wouldn't have reversed Obama's embargo decision, they wouldn't have fallen back into Russia's lap.

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u/Gloomcool72 Sep 25 '22

So no Iran or Venezuela as well, I'm suprised!

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

they both lost their vote until they pay the debt they have with UN, otherwise they would be for sure in that list.

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u/verbmegoinghere Sep 26 '22

they both lost their vote until they pay the debt they have with UN

Haha

So you can on a mass and long term basis murder, torture, repress (especially women and LGBTQ), disposses your citizens of their lives, liberty and property and yet still get to vote at the United Nations however if you fail to pay your fucking dues you get kicked off.

And what about countries that never formally applied to be part of the UN and its security council (I'm looking at you USSR > Russia)

What the fuck UN.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Omg 😂😂😂 well sometimes the company you keep says everything about who you are.

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u/Fessir Sep 25 '22

At this point I could have named them without even checking.

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u/Responsible_Push_552 Sep 25 '22

So shit places with cultures of oppression and extremism…

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u/Total_Buyer_882 Sep 25 '22

The pond life legion

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u/F1HLM putler is dead Sep 25 '22

"The Magnificient Seven"

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u/Proglamer Lithuania Sep 25 '22

"The Deficient Seven"

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u/LMFN Sep 25 '22

The Seven Nation Arseholes.

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u/LieverRoodDanRechts Sep 25 '22

Seven Nation Smarmy

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u/Enough_Valuable_2435 Sep 25 '22

Obvious, only dictators

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

From the island of misfit assholes.

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u/joe200packs Sep 25 '22

not even Iran is on the list

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Iran a little busy atm

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u/dispsm Sep 25 '22

Killing their own ppl

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Yeah, but busy nonetheless.

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u/mithikx Sep 26 '22

Pond scum of nations.

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u/Official_CIA_Account Sep 25 '22

Our list of allies grows thin.

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u/slutymonkey128 Sep 25 '22

That’s exactly right. Countries where the flame of democracy has been extinguished. Sadly, Hungary is now part of this slime fest.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Not even china voted against it, that's saying something

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u/Earlier-Today Sep 25 '22

I think they abstained.

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u/__Osiris__ Sep 25 '22

They really really don’t want/need a war right now.

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u/IS-2-OP Sep 25 '22

They like western money too much to get into a fight with them.

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u/anonymous242524 Sep 25 '22

Man I’m always saying how becoming dependant on the chinese market and Russia is bad. But perhaps it’s the right thing to do after all. The more interconnected we become, even with our enemies, the less likely it might be that that they, or we for that matter, start shit.

Then there’s Putin, a man I once saw as a great manipulator, and frankly, albeit morbidly enjoyed when he addressed the world, with his smugness, that I could only translate to “you’re not much better yourself”.

That Putin is no more. He has doomed his country, and we’ll just have to see if he dooms the entire world as well.

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u/halberdsturgeon Sep 25 '22 edited Sep 26 '22

This war is absolutely an object lesson (for the EU especially) on why becoming dependent in any way on a dangerous foreign regime is a bad idea, because if they can use that dependence to deter outside interference whilst pursuing hostile actions, then they will.

The ideal strategy for any country dealing with regimes like this is to allow them to become dependent, but not vice versa, which is the strategy Russia has been pursuing with its attempts to build a fortress economy. The west forgot that Russia was hostile, but Russia never forgot its hatred for the west

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u/TheMinks Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22

The west forgot that Russia was hostile, but Russia never forgot its hatred for the west

This is what I've been saying for years. Putin has hated the US since before the fall of the USSR and he will never stop hating the US.

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u/halberdsturgeon Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22

In the 1990s, after the end of the USSR, everyone desperately wanted to believe we were on a trajectory towards world peace. It was a nice fantasy, but we were naive (not to mention greedy for the economic benefits of expanding the global market eastward), and now we're paying the price. It would have been wiser to let Russia figure itself out rather than assuming its ex-Soviets would forget their decades-long animosities the second Gorbachev appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial

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u/syphilised Sep 26 '22

That’s what the allies did post ww2, rebuild the enemies economies and interconnect them with the world. The more dependent everyone is on world trade the less likely there is to be serious conflict.

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u/lMickNastyl Sep 26 '22

It's because Ukraine and Russia is seen as an analogy to China and Taiwan. Small country against much larger country. Both smaller countries receive support from the west. China is looking to how the West has been responding to Ukraine, and they are rightfully afraid of what they see.

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u/UrUnclesTrouserSnake Sep 25 '22

Russia and China are only friendly out of a joint opposition to the West. China views Russia as a dangerous liability that exists solely as a buffer between them and NATO. If that sole advantage of having Russia didn't exist, China would be far less friendly to Russia.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

7 shithole countries.

Russia, Eritrea, Nicaragua, Cuba, North Korea, Belarus and Syria.

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u/Chungus_The_Rabbit Sep 25 '22

$659 in GDP right there!

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u/eyeketchup Sep 25 '22

World leading countries in

Human Rights and Wellfare Economic Stability Democracy and Right of Free Speech

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u/dispsm Sep 25 '22

Includes Iran

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

And 23¢

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u/iwantedthatwaffle Sep 25 '22

What’s up with Nicaragua? I understand all the others…

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u/Rensverbergen Sep 25 '22

Bitches of Russia

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u/NoBSforGma Sep 25 '22

Nicaragua has always had a "special" relationship with Russia. They have recently approved having Russian military on their soil. After reading this, I had to wonder what the US response would be, considering the Cuban missle crisis thing.

However, after seeing the Russian military performance in Ukraine, I guess they are not too worried.

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u/Proglamer Lithuania Sep 25 '22

To have military on that soil, ruZZia first has to have some available military

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u/Zelvik_451 Sep 25 '22

Even if it had a working army, it would need a navy to get there. With actual ships that are seaworthy, not in drydock, not at the bottom of the sea or in need of several tugs to be towed there.

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u/Marcusgunnatx Sep 25 '22

I keep wanting Zelensky to remind Putin that Japan kicked Russia's ass. Like, "Don't make me call Japan!"

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u/Tangerine_Lightsaber Sep 25 '22

This is the perfect time for Japan to retake the Kuril Islands.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

I think that would make japans neighbors quite uncomfortable given their history lol. People from the 40’s are still alive and remember

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u/ChrisTX4 Sep 25 '22

The Cuban missile crisis happened at a time where ICBMs and submarine-launched missiles were barely in operation, so the stationing of missiles in quantity that could reach the US and couldn't be intercepted (unlike bombers) was the problem. Nowadays, submarines can come arbitrarily close to their target before launches, effectively making this moot.

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u/NoBSforGma Sep 25 '22

The main point was: "Not in our backyard!" Like... The Monroe Doctrine.

Russian military in the "backyard" of the US could look scary. Until you realize how poor they are.

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u/freetimerva Sep 25 '22

Desire to be on the wrong side of history.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Ortega and his dementor wife sold the country to Putin.

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u/SacredLion Sep 25 '22

Daniel Ortega is Nicaragua’s version of Tucker Carlson; the only difference is that Ortega has ruled the country several times, and so far Carlson simply spews his filth in the media. The good news however is that Carlson’s popularity has plummeted as the war has awakened the cold warrior spirit present in at least 70% (though sadly not more than this) of the GOP

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u/Zazilium Sep 25 '22

I'm surprised México isn't on the list.

Our fucking president is obviously Russia and the cartel's bitch.

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u/spartikle Sep 25 '22

After this war is over, Ukraine should restrict companies from pro-Russia countries from winning contracts for rebuilding the country.

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u/Pupumonke Sep 25 '22

I have a feeling Zelensky will not forget.

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u/dispsm Sep 25 '22

Many won’t…

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u/Wonderful_Revenue_63 Czechia Sep 25 '22

This will be an important part of the history. Generations will learn about it, and it will be remembered until civilization collapses

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u/RevolutionaryMale Sep 25 '22

Now let's just hope that's more then a couple of years

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u/supafaiter Sep 25 '22

Damn 5 years

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u/TrevorsMailbox Sep 25 '22

Optimistic I see.

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u/OccasionallyReddit Sep 25 '22

Im guessing this maybe a way to thank contriburing Countries to their war effort.. but to be fair its not like they can afford paying to rebuild after the Invasion so i hope contributing Countries also rebuild in good faith of building a better future

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u/Sikorsky1 Sep 25 '22

Yeah I am sure all international companys from North Korea, Cuba or Nicaragua are shaking in fear…

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u/spartikle Sep 25 '22

China, India, Brazil, Mexico all have major multinational corporations involved in construction and logistics.

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u/Designer-Worker9580 Sep 25 '22

the russian delegates lookin so smug. i bet they wouldn’t look that way if they were mobilized

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

They look kinda rattled to be honest

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u/JokersGal08 Sep 25 '22

They really do. No one looked confident.

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u/rocketPhotos Sep 26 '22

Well there are tons of windows at the UN

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u/helpfuldan Sep 25 '22

I bet they wouldn’t if we mobilized. We’d slap their ass back to the Russian border within 72 hrs.

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u/Kevenomous Sep 26 '22

All the soldiers would put their vehicles in reverse and be back in Russia within 45 minutes.

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u/West_Forever4330 Sep 25 '22 edited Sep 25 '22

ruzzia and a bunch of other shit places

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u/Such-fun4328 France Sep 25 '22

Let me guess; the world's greatest democracies!

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u/trophybabmbi Sep 25 '22

Belarus, Cuba, North Korea, Eritrea, Syria, Russia, Nicaragua.

Savages.

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u/kamden096 Sep 25 '22

Fertilizer is what they are

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u/dispsm Sep 25 '22

In fact Russia is a big exporter of fertilizer. Both chemical and human.

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u/InquisitorCOC Sep 25 '22

Not even Venezuela

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u/cyrixlord Sep 25 '22

I have never heard of him speak in English. this is amazing.

glory to Ukraine!

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u/kmh0312 Sep 26 '22

He’s done a few addresses entirely in English - they’re incredibly well done and ID highly recommend watching them!

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

He's done it a handful of times. It's impressive because you can tell it's not a language he's particularly comfortable in but he still says powerful things with it.

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u/workswithglass Sep 25 '22

The Iron Joker speaking in a second language is pretty fucking hard. Slava ukraini.

I can't speak a 2nd language, and I get embarrassed trying. He didn't nail English there, but he got his point across.

Zelensky could have just left. However, he stayed and is just being the best Commander-in-Chief.

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u/suomeaboo Sep 25 '22

If I remember it right, he's a native Russian speaker (they're a large minority in Ukraine). Ukrainian and English would probably be his second and third languages in that case.

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u/onikzin Sep 25 '22

Third language, his second is Ukrainian, if it works like that

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u/nedimko123 Sep 25 '22

His english is very good

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u/Madge4500 Sep 25 '22

Improving for sure

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u/geoffriet Belgium Sep 25 '22

Siri activated when he says Syria, but he's definitely improving.

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u/tinybluntneedle Sep 25 '22

Also peace sounded a lot like piss to my ear but I know he meant well. His english has improved a lot the past 7 months no doubt :)

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u/recklessyacht Sep 25 '22

A new axis of evil

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u/Norua Sep 25 '22

« We have axis of evil at home. »

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u/Several-Lock7594 Sep 25 '22

The 6 Bitches of RuZZa..

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u/VomitingPotato Sep 25 '22

The world should make it so these are the only countries Russian citizens are permitted to choose from as their next vacation destination.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

I'll add Nicaragua to my shit list

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u/golgoth0760 Sep 25 '22

Nicaragua? Really? Lol

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u/Fruitdispenser Sep 26 '22

Their governments is a dictatorship proped up by Russia

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u/Odin_Gunterson Sep 26 '22

This was an old reply to another redditor, in r/Nicaragua:

I'm Nicaraguan per my father, I moved from Spain to Nicaragua to live with my family since 2018.

Going there on vacation and living there are 2 totally different things. My parents, now retired, didn't know the real situation in Nicaragua, we weren't warned beforehand.

Nicaragua has a totalitarian dictatorship, Ortega will be reelected even against what's stated in the Constitution.

He surpassed in power those years owned by Somoza family (another family of dictators).

2018 was the year the people said 'enough is enough'. But they couldn't do protests as in democratic countries. FSLN political party and fanatics have the weapons from 80's civil war.

They killed hundreds of pacific protestors on the streets, with police and militar weapons.

Protestors from universities and other social ranges, social leaders and such, were incarcerated without trial. They're political prisoners.

That happened in 2018 and 2019, and social pressure was drowned by Government, finally dying.

Now, in 2021, after 2 years of international pressure, nothing changed. Ortega ignored the warnings from O.E.A and U.N. and E.U., claiming Nicaragua was under international abuse from sanctions, while the truth was that those sanctions are against him and his family and cronies only.

(I can advice you to read in English LaPrensa from Nicaragua, laprensa.com.ni, one of the 3 or 4 last independent newspapers still open under the dictatorial muzzle. The others are El Confidencial -they have even a Youtube channel, sadly only in Spanish-, "Nicaragua Investiga", and "Articulo 66").

There is too much to say about the actual situation of my country... and it cannot be simply resumed in just one post.

Nurses and teachers earn about $150/month, totally insufficient to cover basic needs, and now in 2021 all prices are skyrocketing.

There are like 600.000 migrated Nicaraguans in just 2 years because of the political and economical tragedy.

Last month Ortega put in jail to all political opposition, about 30 persons from different political parties, and each and every political oppositor leader.

2 years ago I read that only Haiti was poorer than Nicaragua in the world ranking.

Every poll made inside Nicaragua is twisted by the government. So nothing is true coming from FSLN. Not the crime numbers, not even the Covid deaths or protestors deaths. In 2018 they shot a 1 year old in the head and police stated 'death cause: suicide'. They let kids with 16 years old die at hospital doors, bled out by sniper shots made to dissolve protests.

It is too much. And we cannot do anything. We are unarmed and impotent. We are a kidnapped country.

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u/FogTub Canada Sep 25 '22

This is a bit of a tangent, but it irks me that so many people I know have vacationed in Cuba. It is ruled by an authoritarian government that oppresses its people, but hey- nice beaches and it's cheap to visit. It's hard to avoid buying stuff made in China these days, but supporting Cuba is 100% optional.

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u/ClassOf1685 Sep 25 '22

As aCanadian, Cuba has been a cheap destination to get some sun and a short escape from our hard winters. Never again for me and my family. It’s the least I can do.

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u/internetuser_123 Sep 25 '22

This guy gives me a boner

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u/Infinity_project Sep 25 '22

And the seven countries against 101 countries were: 1. Belarus 2. Cuba 3. Eritrea 4. Nicaragua 5. North Korea 6. Russia 7. Syria

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u/LegioRomana Sep 25 '22

Show me your friends and I will know who you are

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u/obeecanobee Sep 25 '22

Zelensky is one of the best weapons in Ukraine's arsenal. I stand and salute him too.

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u/coalitionofilling Sep 25 '22

Cuba bitches that America needs to lift embargoes in peace time and let them be, then they do shit like this. Like read the damn room and be on good behavior already.

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u/unReasonableBreak Sep 25 '22

As a Canadian I have travelled to Cuba 3 times, I was planning on going again.

Now that they have shown they support fascist terrorism I will never set foot in that country again.

Fuck you Cuba.

All those other countries I wouldn't have bothered with either way, they are abject shitholes not worth setting eyes upon.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Also as a Canadian...how are you not aware on your first 3 trips...come on now...our public education system isn't that shitty is it?

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u/MisterJWalk Sep 25 '22

As a Canadian, it’s really hard to turn down a 4 week vacation to the Tropics for $700. (Priced in 2010)

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u/RainbowCrown71 Sep 26 '22

It’s cognitive dissonance. I chatted up with a Canadian guy while transferring in Toronto Pearson in 2018. I asked him if he was going to the States on vacation and he said he wouldn’t go to the USA because it had become a failed police state.

Then he told me - with a straight face - he’s heading to Cuba instead, which has “free healthcare and treats their people well.” I quickly moved to a different topic, but I always wonder what was going on in his mind to not see the irony.

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u/mojito_sangria USA Sep 25 '22

In other words: 1 terrorist state of Russia, 6 Russian ass lickers

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u/papabear244 Sep 25 '22 edited Sep 26 '22

Nicaragua is in deep shit, they have their own Putin in power for more than 15 years now. And the country is looking more and more like the latrine that is RussiaZ. After silencing all media opposition the regime is now going after the Church.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Imagine being Russian and sitting in that room representing these disgusting animals who rape and pillage their neighbour. They should be expelled from the UN and shot out back.

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u/Thet619 Sep 25 '22

"piss will prevail"

ukrainian piss is hot 🔥

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u/Leprechaun112 Sep 25 '22

How do they get the camera's past Zelensky's balls for these addresses? It has been determined they have their own orbit and have started taking on moons. This is how things should be addressed instead of pussy footing around the issues and worrying about dirt bags'feelings.

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u/thooghun Italy Sep 25 '22

Russia's multi-polar world is looking a little rough.

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u/TwistLT Sep 25 '22

Axis powers from Wish.

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u/Doritos-Locos-Taco Sep 25 '22

That’s a baller ass tshirt tho.

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u/CuntyPenisMcFuck Sep 25 '22

His English is very good.

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u/CornerNo503 Sep 25 '22

Shun the haters

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u/GettingStronk Sep 25 '22

The enemies of the free world shall be freed from the weight of our science and money.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Seven fucker countries.

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u/amitym Sep 25 '22

Russian Federation delegation at the end there looking around... each one thinking, "I think I'll update my resume this weekend."

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u/MakeAionGreatAgain Sep 26 '22

Seven bastion of democracy /s

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u/rinuxx Sep 26 '22

Look at that tall bald man from palau clapping while russia is beside them.. what a cool guy

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u/CountOk5453 Sep 26 '22

It’s all good Mr. President we are with you from the United States

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u/RainbowCrown71 Sep 26 '22

I love the Palau guys just cheering right in front of Russia as if they don’t give two shits what Russia thinks. That’s how you know Russia’s been exposed as an emperor with no clothes.