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where I defended US actions in Iraq? I did not. All this whataboutism distracts from main point - Russia invaded Ukraine, sovereign country, and that's a fact,
by akoncius 9y ago
where I defended US actions in Iraq? I did not. All this whataboutism distracts from main point - Russia invaded Ukraine, sovereign country, and that's a fact, regardless of how you turn that event for your convenience.
I understand benefits for Russia to annex Crimea and so on, but still it's a crime and legitimacy of this action is not questionable.
- freeflight 9y agoYou can replace Iraq with any other sovereign country the US meddled in to "protect their national interests", there's a long list of those from which you can choose. I don't consider it "whataboutism" to point out double standards. If it's legit for the US to meddle in other sovereign countries, to protect their "national interests" on the other end of the world, then the same behavior should be legit for everybody else because I do not subscribe to the concept of "American exceptionalism". > I understand benefits for Russia to annex Crimea and so on, but still it's a crime and legitimacy of this action is not questionable. I guess then it's a good thing nothing was annexed but people rather voted for independence, just like the people of Ukraine voted in "free and open elections" and everything went according to the Ukrainian constitution. A narrative can be such a handy device, good thing it ain't reserved for exceptionalists, just like using unmarked PMC's for tasks where official soldiers would lead to international legal troubles with the ICC, which the US doesn't even acknowledge (so much about international "crimes" and "legitimacy of actions"). Let's leave it at that, it's obvious we won't be agreeing on much and at this point, the discussion has become rather OT, have a nice evening.
- akoncius 9y agoname one country which was annexed by USA in last decade