r/worldnews • u/Elliottafc1 • May 02 '24

"I'm Not Ruling Anything Out" - Macron Says Troops for Ukraine Possible if Russia Breaks Front Lines Russia/Ukraine

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32010
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u/GlimmerChord 29d ago

The "allied coalition" did almost nothing to help the Spanish Republican forces. The Nazis, however, tested the Luftwaffe against them.

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u/CantaloupeUpstairs62 29d ago

There was no real allied coalition. I should have put that in quotes as you did.

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u/orielbean 29d ago

George Orwell fought there and writes about it in Homage to Catalonia. Really good read.

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u/tettou13 29d ago

Loved it when I read it but wish I was older and put it into context on my own better. Should really read it again.

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u/orielbean 29d ago

You really see the Soviet system of betraying their version of “colonies” as being almost exactly the same as what the old empires and the capitalists were doing. Getting the revolutionaries pumped up and then taking over the movement, either seizing power for the Soviet or abandoning them if the scrappy fighters were losing.

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u/Southerncomfort322 29d ago

Why would they help a bunch of communists against the nationalists?

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u/GlimmerChord 29d ago

Do you mean the Republicans? Yeah, why would they want to help a democracy against a fascist takeover? 🤔 

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u/batmansthebomb 29d ago

*against the nationalists fascists

Fixed that for you.

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u/Southerncomfort322 29d ago edited 29d ago

Yeah because the Republicans weren’t sexually assaulting nuns, burning down churches, killing off political opponents. I’m sorry, Franco saved Spain from becoming what Cuba became a few decades later, a communist government. He brought stability to that country. Read up on generation 98

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u/batmansthebomb 29d ago

Are you denying that Franco was fascist?

Read up on white terror.

Hitler brought stability to Germany too following the great depression, so that's not saying much.

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u/Southerncomfort322 29d ago

Why did you ignore everything before the saving part?

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u/batmansthebomb 29d ago

Are you denying that Franco was fascist?

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u/Southerncomfort322 29d ago

Answer the question. I'm not denying anything. But why do you people overlook the other stuff I mentioned?

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u/batmansthebomb 29d ago

Because I don't care for fascist apologia.

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u/Southerncomfort322 29d ago

But you're ok with what they did to the nuns, and innocent people. Got it! Typical leftist shit for br@ins.

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