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[Tommy Carcetti]

1. Where is this "the Ukraine" of which you speak?

I’m curious.

Also curious about this apparent “communist takeover.”

[AZSkiffyGeek]

2. Apparently between China and Russia

Certainly not in Europe, so who cares if a dictator invades.

[Tommy Carcetti]

4. I mean, I'm not expecting all of DU to be geopolitical experts.

But a basic understanding of certain things does help things along.

[marie999]

7. For some it is a carryover from when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union.

Then it was the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. I always write Ukraine, but at my age, I sometimes think of it as The Ukraine. Yeh, I don't think of Russia anymore as being a true communist country.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. The literal meaning of 'Ukraine' is something like 'borderland'

so the use with the definite article sort of made sense, from Russia's point of view, and it was common in English during the Soviet Union. But the Ukrainian people felt it seemed like "the borderland of Russia", so they preferred it to be dropped after their independence.

"The Lebanon" also dropped the article, a bit earlier, I reckon. Why it used to be there for that country, I don't know.

[Sneederbunk]

14. Leave me alone while I eat my Chicken Kyiv.

[tavernier]

3. ...

[Tommy Carcetti]

8. Is there something in the DU water today?

Place be extra crazy for some reason.

[Hekate]

12. You seem to be on to something

[NurseJackie]

11. I know.

[Takket]

5. i don't think you have anything to worry about since no one is proposing sending US troops to fight

[Lancero]

18. No, they're just proposing to send them over before the fighting starts.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/01/24/8500-us-troops-put-alert-possible-deployment-ukraine-crisis-deepens.html

[Generic Brad]

6. I would never send my favorite child. My other ones, I don't care what happens to them

Good thing I only have the one child.

[Walleye]

9. Ever played a game of Risk?

[aaaaaa5a]

10. I agree 100 percent.

And please, no WW2 appeasement comparisons.

I don’t think we have fought a war worth dying for in my lifetime. The only possible exception might be the Afghan War. And even then, once Bin Laden was dead it was time to go home.

[greenjar_01]

15. It's just Ukraine, not "The Ukraine"

Fuck's sake.

[Tommy Carcetti]

20. No, the poster was specifically referring to The Ukraine.

That’s a country between Russia and China whose borders are constantly changing.

The communists are taking it over and all your children will die there.

Any more questions? No? Good.

[AntiFascist]

16. They should just take out Vladimir Putin...

after all, he is the one successfully taking out democracy around the world, not just in the US. What better reason?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. Apparently, a lot of Russians do.

Humans have done a lot of horrible stuff throughout history just to get a temporary feel-good to lift themselves out of depression and to forget reality.

I suspect that's exactly what Putin is trying to do for all his minions, along with stirring up fear and division in the West.


KY.....

[Spider Jerusalem]

19. "Communist takeover"? Fuck are you talking about? Have you been asleep for the last 30 years?

Russia isn't communist and hasn't been for a very long time.

[roamer65]

22. +1000

[Retrograde]

21. After Don Jr. and WhatsHisName volunteer

along with SlenderMan. Too old? All of T. Roosevelt's 5 sons served in the army in WWI and 4 in WWII - one was killed in action in the first war. And they were no spring chickens: by the time WWII rolled around they were in their 40s and 50s.

Although given the Trumps' love of Putin, they'd be more likely to join in on the Russian side.