• selokichtli@lemmy.ml
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    Melenchon seems like a good shot. I don’t remember a good French president in my entire life. They all were pretty forgettable and sorry.

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      He’s just anti-west not anti-genocide unfortunately. Wholesale supports letting Putin kill more Ukrainians.

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        My 2 cents:

        • Being anti-West is fundamental to being anti-genocide. It’s not possible to be anti-genocide and pro-West.
        • Russia has good relations with Israel. But this does not mean that being anti-west is the same of being pro-Russia.
        • Without NATO expansion, EU expansion, EU meddling in Ukrainian politics, NATO sponsoring of neo-Nazi groups, there wouldn’t be a Ukrainian-Russian war. So, don’t take away the Western involvement.
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        A russian military plane landed in Israel yet the west still treat Israel as an ally and defend it diplomatically and with weapons

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        Lol he can’t decide to soften on Palestine cause he’s not the one deciding on the platform. This question is very important within the movement.

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        Melenchon is a Russian puppet because I said so, actually being anti-genocide makes him just as bad as the pro-genocide status quo because uh he’s actually gonna become a pro-genocide puppet in the future trust.

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          He’s already supporting one genocide (Ukrainians) and says if China wants to do another (kill the people of Taiwan to take over the island), it’s their own business.

          Pretending to be anti-genocide the one time the genocide is perpetrated by his masters’ enemies doesn’t make him anti-genocide. Makes him a hypocrite.

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            I’m not happy about the war in Ukraine, but it’s a war, not a genocide. You need to be serious when discussing topics like this, especially when we have the example of genocides happening right now, livestreamed for all of us to see.

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            Great now Chinese puppet Melenchon’s China wants to kill the people of Taiwan now, they totally have for decades declared for an upcoming genocide and a forever military invasion and not diplomatic engagement, says volumes how you keep devolving into completely absurd unsubstantiated statements, I would respond to any claims you made if you actually provided any credible sources for it.

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              He has literally said that if/when China invades, France will not invade because it’s China’s right to do so.

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                A non-aligned and non-interventionist foreign policy, oh the shock and horror, Melenchon emphasised that China doesn’t want to and will not invade Taiwan and that France interfering in a UN unrecognised domestic matter would be bad for France which does not want more wars and does not have the resources for the other side of the world or being the police of the world.

                Anways I was also unable to find any expression of intent by China or toleration by Melenchon of genocide in Taiwan, not like it makes any sense in any scenario whatsoever given peaceful reunification is the current goal and escalation into war only benefits the US.

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                  So intervention is good but only if it’s not YOUR favourite dictators doing the war.

                  On Melenchon saying China attacking Taiwan and killing Taiwanese citizens would be China’s business and he wouldn’t intervene:

                  https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2026/05/19/2003857564

                  Again, it’s not war or genocide he’s against. Not on general principle, anyway. It’s only the genocide against Palestinians - because that’s the position his sponsors want him to take.

                  Why is it so much to ask for to get politicians who think all offensive wars and genocides are bad?

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          Is supported by most western countries in their defense against Russia.

          He wants that to stop and for Russia to win.

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              This rhetoric always makes this place feel like stepping into Alice and Wonderland. It’s like when liberals pretend Taiwan is about democracy and not about shipping lanes. It’s just so transparent to people on the outside.

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                Not sure what you are implying. However, from outside we see Ukrainian militias doing incursions in Africa, full of Neonazis and Zionists. Is Ukraine trying colonization this late in the game?

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              Who’s attacking Russia?

              Russia bombs hospitals and critical infrastructure in Ukraine, Ukraine bombs oil refineries and data centers in Russia after years of trying to defend by staying mostly in their own borders (guess what, didn’t work).

              Funny, Israel does these things and it’s a war crime. Russia does it and they’re somehow the victims. mls once again proving that mass murder is apparently only bad when the wrong people are doing the murdering.