Russia will not accept the deployment of the European Union or NATO forces on Ukrainian territory as part of security guarantees for Kiev, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Sputnik.
“Whataboutism” is when you try and change the subject. Like, when someone says “Russia likes to invade their neighbors”, and the response is, “whatabout the US having 900 bases around the world?”
Second…that’s not how this conversation went. We’re in a post that is talking about the Russia / Ukraine invasion. Calling it what it is, is not “whataboutism”. It is directly addressing the topic at hand.
“Whataboutism”, is trying to distract from that, with all the “US bad” misdirections. Yeah. We all know the US is bad. No one is disputing that. But Russia can’t just dictate how Ukraine defends itself, especially when Russia is the one attacking them.
If someone was punching you in the face, and told you they’d only stop if you dropped your guard…would you?
“Whataboutism” is when you try and change the subject. Like, when someone says “Russia likes to invade their neighbors”, and the response is, “whatabout the US having 900 bases around the world?”
No, what about is keeping quiet while your country does it but then scream “what about the russian savages”.
First of all…not “my country”.
Second…that’s not how this conversation went. We’re in a post that is talking about the Russia / Ukraine invasion. Calling it what it is, is not “whataboutism”. It is directly addressing the topic at hand.
“Whataboutism”, is trying to distract from that, with all the “US bad” misdirections. Yeah. We all know the US is bad. No one is disputing that. But Russia can’t just dictate how Ukraine defends itself, especially when Russia is the one attacking them.
If someone was punching you in the face, and told you they’d only stop if you dropped your guard…would you?