Says the country which provides Russia with a fuckton of drones used to bomb Ukrainian cities.
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So those Shahed drones sent to Russia weren't active participation then?
This is what fucks me off about the war Israel/USA vs Iran. Its all well and good being critical of America, what theyre doing is illegal, fucked up and moronic.
But don't ever forget that Iran is a despotic, theocratical regime that only last month murdered thousands of its own civilians who tried to speak out.
Both sides in this war are shits.
I've no support for Iran, but if you're going to mention how awful a state is who murders thousands of people, well then, Israel is even worse. Not only higher numbers but a genocide to boot.
Ukraine has consistently supported Israels actions, which I guess it was for material support.
Let's not forget that the USA and Israel started this illegal war.
There are no good guys in any of this, we can agree.
Edit: dropped "the" from Ukraine as apparently its a Russian dog whistle. Never knew that, sorry.
Coming from an anarchist perspective, there's nothing to be confused about here.
Every state is evil and shitty, and they should all be abolished. (But especially states that invade other states and kill their people.)
100% Agree!
Completely agree.
If this war was a coalition of nations acting under the lawful mandate of the UN then I'd be broadly supportive of it, especially if the goal was to remove the regime and allow freedom and democracy to be restored.
But it isn't, its being carried out by an equally genocidal regime being propped up by a demented orange pant shitter
The Ukraine
Confirmed Russian viewpoint.
Or it could be someone who didn't get the memo, or their native language could be like this too (they could be German, for instance). WTF fucking chill out, dude.
Yep. It’s bad people doing bad things for bad reasons to other bad people, and the plebs get caught in the meat grinder.
Same as it ever was, I guess.
That's my opinion as well, rooting for any one party in this stupid war is idiotic at this point, basically two elephant fighting, and the victim is the mouse deer in the middle.
Yes, I have seen video of an Ukrainian interceptor blow up a Shahed strike drone above a city where people speak Arabic (and I've seen an US fighter plane fail the same task).
Ukraine needs missile defense. Missile defense is hard to come by and slow to develop.
However, Ukraine has the most advanced antidrone defense in the world, thanks to endless practise... in part due to Iran supplying Russia with blueprints for Shahed-136 production about 3 years ago (Russia has since surpassed Iran in both volume and skill, again due to endless practise against Ukraine).
Thus, Ukraine tries to bargain with Arab countries to get whatevever remains of available Patriot PAC-3 supplies. In return, it offers cheap interceptors, advise about how to use and make them, how to jam navigation and communication, how to use PAC-3 more efficiently, etc.
I am not aware of any Ukrainian attack on Iran.
Overall, Iran should have absolutely no reason to complain about Ukrainian involvement, since they have supplied Russia. And besides, Ukrainian involvement is not limitless - so far Ukrainians have been helping defend third countries (which made the mistake of hosting US bases, but regardless have reasons to defend their airspace).
Yes, it's a mess. I hope it ends, as there is no positive outcome from continuing. Currently the best way of ending it seems like the US ceasing its campaign (not happening, a third aircraft carrier is moving towards the Middle East) and Arab countries negotiating with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz for traffic. But all of this involves the orange person admitting a big mistake. He is currently doubling down instead.
Ukraine has its own interests (get missile defense supplies from anywhere) and will pursue them anyway. Can't buy from China or South Korea, supply from Japan is tiny, supply from Germany is of the wrong type or not yet started up, supply from France and Italy is very limited - they will find any missile defense anywhere and try to see if it can be bought (while rushing to make their own based on the Soviet S-300).
In the context of this shitty situation, this is pretty much the absolute least controversial point of the whole thing. Iran supplied shaheds, as well as the design (which Russia proceeded to refine and mass produce and use against Ukraine). Iran has effectively been actively hostile towards Ukraine for years before Operation Epstein Feelings kicked off. What the actual fuck did they think was gonna happen?
To be clear: the Iran War is absolutely, categorically, pants-on-head stupid, and is an awful idea for a multitude of reasons from a multitude of domains. But this specific aspect of it is entirely uncontroversial.
So fucking what? Iran started it. And by "it" I mean helping Russia in their fucked up conquest trip into Ukraine.
I wouldn't have blamed Ukraine if they had sent boots on the ground soldiers to Iran 2 years ago. Fuck Iran's government with frozen holy water. I hate Trump almost as much but I sincerely hope he will succeed in this war and destroy those absolute fucking monsters.
I don't know what Iran expected when they spent the last several years actively arming Russia, I wonder how differently the war would have gone without Shaheds terrorizing Ukrainian infrastructure and civilians...
why would the Ukraine attack another country while already at war with russia? Not like they'd want to fight two battles.
the Ukraine
It's just Ukraine.
'The Ukraine' is a Russian dogwhistle.
oh wow. I just did a bit of a skim of an article, and ukrainians themselves have said it's just "ukraine". My apologies to them :(
You're good :)
I never knew this. Thanks for letting me know.
Ukraine has a fucking bone to pick with Iran. They have been supplying Russia with drones that are killing their people. They also have the most experience and expertise in dealing with them and want to leverage that for securing aid for their own war of survival.
While it's true that Ukraine is not attacking Iran, they have sent military personnel to assist defending against incoming Iranian attacks, so the US and Israel can continue their war in Iran instead of diverting more resources to protect GCC countries.
So I'd argue both statements are true: Ukraine is not attacking Iran, but they are supporting the US and Israel.
Given that Iran has been giving support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I'd say that's fair.
My comment was not intended as judgment, but I think so too.
A case of pot meets kettle
Either what Ukraine is doing is not okay, or what Iran was/is doing is okay. It's really that simple.