What threat is the azov battalion to Russia. Stop it
I’ve learned over the decades that policing the world does nothing but take resources away from our own people.
Do you want more social safety nets? Not if you want more war. 
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Right so then may be just a tad bit of a cudgel to use against libs? Just a little bit? 
You are flailing.
They have killed hundreds of Russian civilians in the war in eastern Ukraine since 2014. This is not just a hypothetical threat.
Here is an example report from shortly before the Russian invasion. Western media have ignored the attacks.
It’s a tough issue for me. I agree with more safety nets less war. I agree we should be spending less and less money on foreign xountries or at leafy if we are we shouldn’t be doing it automatically like we are now.
Yeah. It was 900 dudes with no real political power.
If Putin really invaded Ukraine to get rid of Azov Battalion, then it is the dumbest and costliest incursion in history.
The cudgel is a given no matter the topic, but I’m not the side who wanted death to all neo-nazis a couple of months before feverishly supporting neo-nazis and looking down on anyone that doesn’t. Some of these loony libs even act like they’re intellectuals for it. 
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I think there is a contingent of people who want to be outside the mold. The op just feels that way and the doubling down is making it obvious.
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Hmmmm they killed people during a war that Russia started in 2014.
Tell me more.
Of course and rationalizing it to boot.
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As long as “you” can be convinced to set that aside and support whatever the TV is rallying for, “you” will never get anything that actually matters. 
“Russian civilians in Eastern Ukraine”. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm
Wait
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Yup. That’s why tribal politics is the absolute worst.
Nice.
What other kind is there?
“Just this once” never ends, by design. It’s the code of servitude. Rise above your sheepy comrades. They’re too busy chewing their master’s cud. You’re already light years ahead of the “intellectuals”.
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Some level of bipartisanship. Though in my time being interested in politics bipartisanship has meant war and funding wars (be it actual war or fun ones like war on drugs).
Yes, the official number are only 900 dudes.
Why did Zelensky bring one of them to speak at the Greek parliament if they have no power?
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Alliances are part and parcel of tribal politics. They are also temporary.
