Posts by BulldogPunch

Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers

Re: I personally feel sorry for the Russian people.

Exactly. Where are the widespread anti-war protests by Russian expats demanding an end to the war? They're free to protest in the west but their silence is deafening. And the majority of Russians I encounter are pro-Putin, despite living abroad. It's nonsensical.

If Iranian expats can stage a protest of 80,000 in Berlin, what's Russia's excuse? Or is the more likely explanation that they aren't victims and that the majority still support Putin and his imperialist bid to bring back the USSR?

Re: thank you linus

There's that Russian brand of whataboutism we know and love. Last I checked the US never annexed territories across Afghanistan and Iraq and claimed them as their own.

And, regardless, none of America's actions would justify Russia's litany of continued, deliberate war crimes for which Putin makes no attempt to stop. The mass graves at Bucha, Izium, Mariupol, and Bakhmut. The admitted murders of entire apartment buildings of civilians by Wagner criminals. The daily shelling of civilian apartments in Kharkiv. The drone attacks on civilians just walking home in Kherson.

Why would Putin attempt to stop his war crimes when they're a deliberate part of Russia's strategic goals meant to crush the spirit of the Ukrainian population and sue for peace?

Re: Hmmm

When your country is intentionally and deliberately bombing residential buildings, children's hospitals, and energy infrastructure, with absolutely no military purpose, setting loose Wagner on civilians with mass graves in Bucha, Izium, Mariupol, Bakhmut, etc., using war crimes as a purposeful strategy meant to break the spirit of the population, yeah, you may find that the world is no longer interested in working with your country anymore. Go figure!