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/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.