Finally, at least Hungary/Slovakia no longer get to extort the EU every 6 months in order to agree to re-freeze Russian funds.

They were neutral. As you are well aware, the British capitalists had sympathies for the slave-ran Confederacy, but I think you're overlooking the more crucial details. In the end, the "significant aid" was inconsequential, and what the Confederacy REALLY needed was recognition of statehood.

To be fsir this development is kind of good. It's a result of anti-corruption/pro-democracy protests.

It is. Britain remained neutral because the British public was strongly pro-Union. The Trent affair was an exception, not the rule, in regards to British policy towards the U.S. Civil War.

To be fair, Obama did want for Europeans to help Ukraine more than they did (At least after 2014). www.politico.com/video/2014/0...

I'm not defending the spineless, useless coward Obama, but he did make a good point that Europe was pretty lethargic when it came to, you know, stopping Russia's war?

There's a case to be made that they would've won WW2 even without allied logistical support, though.

I personally don't believe it (as the Soviets losing Moscow would probably mean losing rail logistics as a whole), but it's the common consensus among historians.

Britain was not backing the Confederacy. That's a myth lol.

And Ukraine has recruits. Enough of them, at least.

Also what happened to talking to production? You switched from "oh well Russia has 10x the production!" to "Well but Ukraine doesn't have that many soldiers..." for some odd reason.

Air fields probably?

Also, as the article states, Ukraine is not alone in this fight. What they lack in production they make up in ally-supplied weapons.

That's a GDP comparison, not raw militsry production comparison. The article states so itself in the bottom, that comparing Gdp's isn't a great idea.

Paying someone to ear shit off the floor for 200€ would increase the GDP of the country they're in by 200€ - it's not a great metric.

Honestly there's a good chance this doesn't matter anyways, as there's like a 20% chance far-right parties just destroy the EU from within in the coming years, by the time British leaders realize what they lost.

And I really doubt they could even equip 2 million with enough ammunition/armor to be combat effective. Those 2 million young men are bound to just become cannon fodder in that case, all for the conquest of Woodenshedivka, Donetsk oblast (Ukraine will collapse if they lose this one)

Honestly this would be a massive strategic blunder on their part. Transnistria really, really does not have any way to resist a Ukrainian blitz (as their little "nation" is nothing but flat farmland with no geographical barriers), so provoking a war with Ukraine would be suicide.

The more time goes on, the more I'm just astonished at how well Marx predicted half of the shit that's going on right now. Especially the lumpenproletariat thing lol.

What's deeply saddening is that instead of progressing, we regressed - 1960s was probably the peak of class consciousness in the U.S

Actually, whatever - I'm muting this thread. You want to attack me personally far more than you want to participate in this conversation in good faith. Keep your reddit comment tier "GOTCHA" replies to yourself, dude.

Dude when did I say it's not bad? What the fuck are you even talking about at this point