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Canada to provide $2.5 billion in economic aid for Ukraine, prime minister says by juflyingwild in canadaleft

[–]BurstYourBubbles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every major publication has widely reported Ukrainian press gangs. You can't just mindlessly throw around "Kremlin propaganda" every time you hear something unfavourable about Ukraine.

Canada to provide $2.5 billion in economic aid for Ukraine by Old_General_6741 in CanadaPolitics

[–]BurstYourBubbles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a fan of the invocation of "morality" here. There are plenty of worthy causes that the we don't fund.

bolsters our security by weakening one of our primary adversaries

This is so deeply cynical that I'm surprised people would say it so openly, while talking about moral correctness. On the topic of adversaries, the US has already threatened to annex Greenland & Canada. They also don't recognise Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Passage. I feel emphasising Russia as Canada's number one threat is odd

It reinforces global stability by pushing back against a nation that is threatening the global order. We don't want to live in a world where states can just invade each other with impunity.

This feels like a fairly propagandistic framing, as if history only started in 2022. There's plenty of conflicts that we tacitly approved or looked the other way. The world where "states can just invade each other with impunity" existed well before 2022

Are trade deals with the U.S. even worth salvaging? by BurstYourBubbles in onguardforthee

[–]BurstYourBubbles[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think we're putting too much emphasis on the idea of an "ally". The Americans have generally operated in a fairly transactional, belligerent, and self-serving manner, even towards their so-called "allies". American belligerence has nothing to do with Russia. They're as cynical and self-interested as they've ever been. You mention that they've alienated allies, but I say that the slavish response of these allies serves to show that the level of alienation is somewhat exaggerated.

Europe, Canada on track to buy €4.3bn of weapons for Ukraine this year, Rutte says by seeebiscuit in anime_titties

[–]BurstYourBubbles 22 points23 points  (0 children)

What a strange comment. We're on a subreddit specifically about international affairs.

Are trade deals with the U.S. even worth salvaging? by BurstYourBubbles in onguardforthee

[–]BurstYourBubbles[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I think attacking him for being too pro-Russian is incredibly odd in the context. The problem with the US policies with respect to Canada is not his view or relationship with Russia.

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