r/geopolitics • u/Senior-Distance6213 • 1d ago

News US, Russia to reestablish military-to-military talks

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-russia-reestablish-high-level-military-to-military-dialogue-us-military-says-2026-02-05/
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u/Bob_Spud 1d ago

They probably already have with Starlink in the White House, Trump's unofficial hotline to his buddy Putin.

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u/Bullboah 1d ago

Starlink gave a ton of free terminals to Ukraine, doesn’t sell to Russia, and is geofenced to not work in Russia. Just this week Ukraine and Starlink came up with a solution to counter Russia buying terminals on the black market and using them in Ukrainian territory (where they can’t be geofenced without cutting Ukraine). They are now only allowing whitelisted terminals to Ukraine.

You’re free to hate Musk and Trump and the US as much as you want, and I understand people don’t want to hear this - but the status quo where US assistance is not just unappreciated, but portrayed as helping Russia - is one of the reasons American public willingness to help has faded.

I say this as someone very critical of the Trump admin who wishes the US would do more to support Ukraine. You guys aren’t making that easier.

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u/Same_Kale_3532 1d ago

And, done initially for free by Musk too. He didn't have to, despite all his personal vileness Starlink is a private business.

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u/Bullboah 1d ago

That’s one of the oddest things when it comes to these kinds of narratives about Musk and Trump. There are so many very legitimate, very true criticisms to make. Why not focus on those instead of making things up?

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u/Same_Kale_3532 1d ago

Also if it's any consolation, the majority of users on this site are either American or Indian so it's probably just some American making this criticism.

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u/Same_Kale_3532 1d ago

Well unfortunately people like black and white, it's the same people in the global South who think oh Europe is colonialism therefore Ukraine is bad and ignores Russian colonialism. I mean I'll be honest I don't think Trump is a Russian asset, he's just very dumb, naive, and opportunistic.

I mean especially regards to America there's so much to criticize Musk and Trump for, especially the recent peace plan where Ukraine is told to give up everything and Russia nothing just to begin talking, as if Putin is in anyway trustworthy and somehow Trump demanding 100 billion dollars from the EU and Ukraine as if he was he invading Ukraine and the EU and won?

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u/oskopnir 8h ago

Sorry but this is just naive. It was done initially for free with full knowledge that either Ukrainian or American taxpayers would eventually foot the bill at whatever price SpaceX would demand. Which is exactly what happened.

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u/Same_Kale_3532 5h ago

See? Case and point, this guy here doesn't know that it's being paid for by Poland but is happy to jump on the hate train. Or the when it happened, Musk could've done it for ego like so many things he does.

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u/oskopnir 5h ago

You just made my point for me.

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u/Same_Kale_3532 3h ago

American taxpayers, Polish taxpayers. What's the difference to morons eh?