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> an orchestrated political attempt, that featured prominently in the NYT and other media, and was the excuse for a whole war.

So you've decided to forget that there was a inspection non-compliance from Iraq and WMDs _were_ found there.

> absurd "Russia hacked the elections" meme, when not only there's been no proof released

No proof released? Really?

Let's not forget about your beloved Putin, who started 4 wars for the last 15 years.

And who is certainly provoking biggest nuclear power _right now_.

> A border state to Russia has its elected government toppled and a group of various opposition powers (including neo-nazis) comes to power with strong anti-Russian sentiments. This state has areas with huge populations of Russian ethnicity that don't like the new situation and feel threatened. Russia moves in to those places to protect them.

Sorry, I've not realized before, that your job is to spread Russian propaganda.

And talking with Kremlin people is pointless, since they're on the payroll and they need to push their agenda.

This is "80% of the world" you've mentioned?

> 80% of the world has been royally fucked over (toppling governments, meddling, dictatorships supported) by the CIA, whereas few have had any issues with FSB (just/mainly their neighboring countries, and not the sweetest ones either).

I'd ask for sources for this claims... but I'm really afraid for the outcome.

If you really believe in all of this... it's extremely disturbing.

Constant pressure and threats? Can you provide a few examples?

Lots of tech claims and vaporware. FTFY.

> It seems to be a reasonably competitive SoC for IoT applications.

You can't buy it as individual and for _organizations_ price is quite high.

How it can be competitive?

> Consider that during the buildup to the Iraq war, the UN weapons inspector, Hans Blix, was tarred and feathered by those who wanted to go to war in Iraq. This was a career bureaucrat who saw that the inspection regime was being twisted to make the case for a war that he felt was unwarranted based on the years he'd spent on the ground in Iraq, actually inspecting Iraq's facilities. Not only was he harassed and mocked, his career was ruined because he dared state what turned out to be very obvious once Saddam was unseated -- that Iraq had absolutely no WMD capability.

Sorry, that just didn't happen.

Blix accused Iraq of stalling the inspections, which was decided as a sign of noncompliance by some US officials.

Blix's career wasn't ruined and he wasn't "harrased or mocked".

Get your facts straight. Please.

I'd point only two _major_ errors. There are too many minor errors though.

> decades-long Iran/Iraq war was a proxy war fought between the US and the Soviet Union with both sides having the goal of creating a dominant footprint in the middle east

No. Last Soviet attempt to gain a foothold in Middle East was a failed relationship with Egypt. Hint: War of Attrition followed by Yom Kippur War.

There was no major influx of military advisers or green men during Iran-Iraq war.

> The Soviet Union was too big and plagued by infrastructure problems, but Russia itself is well placed geopolitically and has historically been a seat of wealth, culture, and regional ambitions.

I have a bad news for you - Russia is about the same size as USSR and it's still plagued with infrastructure problems. And as for the culture - everybody can see the decline in post-Soviet cultural scene, especially in Russia.

Does this justify a Russian invasion?

> Russia occupied Crimea, but it was either that or risk a crack that could disintegrate it entirely.

Oh, so Russia _saved_ Ukraine, not invaded?

I'd yet to see most pretentious whitewashing of Russian war crimes.

> Crimea contains Russia's _only_ warm water port.

Stop repeating Russian propaganda.

Before Crimea Russia already had warm water port - Novorossiysk.

That's a WHOLE lot of blatant Kremlin propaganda here.

Do you even read anything besides Russian news?

Do you see the difference between "fighting in" and "fighting"?

Apparently, we are not - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/24/russia...

> What happened in Crimea? What about a referendum?

Referendum was held _after_ invasion and with numerous violations of international laws.

> How is it worse than US annexation of Hawai?

How's your whataboutism?

> As a matter of fact, Crimea was part of Russia since it was taken from Crimean Khanate in the 18th century.

Russia (as per se) exists only since 1991.

> spell it 'Kyiv', because that's how the Ukrainian nationalists do it

Wow, this is some Kremlin-grade propaganda here.

Please don't repeat Russian propaganda. Before Crimea invasion Russia already had deep water port in the Black Sea - Novorossiysk.

> I think it's generally agreed upon that the Space Shuttle program was needlessly wasteful and more PR- than science-driven.

Soviets decided to replicate it. So even if it was PR, it was a good PR - it managed to trick USSR to waste quite an effort.

Really? Do you see no other options? Like, you know, sanctions?

> Later it emerged that it was actually the Soviet delcaration of war on the 8th August that was the deciding factor for surrender

Emperor of Japan directly cited "a new powerful weapon" in a surrender address.

> the Japanese had stocked around 10,000 aircraft in Manchuria

Sources? Why Japan had to stock that number of aircraft so far away from the planned invasion points?

> well yeah, wasn't that going to happen anyway?

Same "peaceniks" attitude was expressed about Hitler anschluss.

We all knew what happened next.

> both "commercial" and "federal" launch prices, as the first are driven by market, while second are more driven by actual costs.

I.e. "federal" prices are likely subsidized. What's the point using them?

> Yes, many western social media and news sites are blocked but they are not "the internet"

Says who?

> and if you consider them as such then the west has exactly the same problem as the one you have just described.

What? So, "the evil west" considers social media and news sites "not internet" and blocks access to them?

You're using a forum posts as a credible source? Really?

> no trust that capitalism breeds good software

Really? So right now we're using internet, OSes, browsers and whatnot which were designed and built by USSR and North Korea?

> Supported by many claims and was linked to including verified phone calls.

And you've failed to produce any sources for those _many_ claims?

Color me suprprised.

You've submitted this an year ago, why re-submit now?

> US is pushing so hard for an economic war / proxy war / shooting war with Russia is pretty complex and out of scope for this response.

Brand new account - check.

Pushing 'Evil US vs Innocent Russia' agenda - check.

Using Syria as a pretext to whitewash Russian war crimes - check.

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