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No one is asking for equal words. That said, very few things are truly black/white. Read the article in Foreign Policy linked in the thread. This for the most p
by dondraper36 5y ago
No one is asking for equal words. That said, very few things are truly black/white. Read the article in Foreign Policy linked in the thread. This for the most part is my main concern.
The whole conflict is viewed as a battle between "good" and "bad", but it's not really that simple as always. Both sides have their interest in the war so why pretend it's just one villain against knights in shining armor?
I will say that again, I hate all the propaganda around, as well as what was started 5 days ago. There is no and will never be a valid reason for starting a war. But reading the news these days (from both directions) makes me sick.
- ptr 5y agoYea, the participants have their interests: Russia wants to create a “Russian Empire”, Ukraine wants to survive as a democracy and as a country. Decide yourself which side you want to help.
- dondraper36 5y agoI have decided for myself and made it clear in the original post. I am against all kinds of aggression. That said, do you think that there was the same level of global support for Iraq when the USA decided to invade?
- ptr 5y agoFirst off, I don’t care. Ukraine vs Russia is about Ukraine, Europe and Russia. Why should Ukraine suffer for things the US has done? US is only a part of this because they’re the largest member of NATO. And secondly, the first Iraq war was a just war from US’ side — Iraq invaded a small friendly neighboring country (Kuwait.)
- dondraper36 5y agoIt has never been discussed widely in the media, but in the same manner Russia can argue that people in Donbass have been killed for 8 years by Ukraine. Isn't that the same kind of justification to military intervention?
- ptr 5y agoTheir stated goal for the invasion is to “demilitarize” and “denazify” the whole of Ukraine. Ukraine has a Jewish president.
- corinroyal 5y agoAnd yet there are neonazis in the Ukrainian military who attack Russian-speaking separatists in the east and who were in the vanguard of the 2014 revolution. It's wacky and hard to believe but a conflict the large is never black and white.
- WalterGR 5y agoIf it’s not been widely discussed in the media yet you’re familiar with it, then what “objective” sources are you looking for? Ones that say Russia’s invasion is justified because of that?
- thiht 5y agoIn this case I’d say it’s pretty much black and white. It’s ok, not everything has to be nuanced.