Dessalines, .ml admin, head Lemmy dev: "Comparing Russian imperialism (The def ISNT happening in Ukraine!) to US imperialism‽ That's a rule 2 censoring!"

cm0002@piefed.world · edit-2 8 days ago

Dessalines, .ml admin, head Lemmy dev: "Comparing Russian imperialism (The def ISNT happening in Ukraine!) to US imperialism‽ That's a rule 2 censoring!"

brucethemoose@lemmy.world · edit-2 7 days ago

I exploded about this just today, but…

Has there been any successful ‘major anti-imperialist intervention’ since WWII?

It doesn’t even matter if it’s justified or not. How can tankies possibly think the Ukraine war will go well, given literally a century of precedent suggesting it will fail miserably?

It’s already progressed worse than Afganistan. And if you’re wondering if I mean US or Soviet Afghanistan, the answer is yes.

Whatever Kool-aid they’re drinking, I want a sip.

PugJesus@lemmy.world · 7 days ago

Has there been any successful ‘major anti-imperialist intervention’ since WWII?

Korea and the First Gulf War.

Generally, though, imperialist invasions post-WW2 are more rare than they were. Both the US and the Soviets preferred to use local (and often unreliable) ideological allies over direct intervention in most cases during the Cold War.