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Drawing a legitimate parallel and questioning the legitimacy of what we know and what we are being told is hardly 'whataboutism'. Especially when it might be ge
by aatd86 1y ago
Drawing a legitimate parallel and questioning the legitimacy of what we know and what we are being told is hardly 'whataboutism'. Especially when it might be geo-strategic.
I find your accusation severe.
The news colported these past few years should already have opened some eyes normally. Alas...
Said otherwise, if you're a thief accusing someone else of stealing, I can legitimately wonder if you're making accusations in good faith... That simple.
Isn't there a saying for this even? The pot that calls the kettle black?
- nickff 1y agoThe journalists covering these stories are not members of the armed forces responsible for the actions you're talking about; they're not even government employees. It would be one thing if the SBS members accused of crimes were the ones criticizing Wagner, but that's not what's going on here.
- aatd86 1y agoThere must have been a misunderstanding. I wasn't speaking about the journalists. They are doing their reporting as they should.
- nickff 1y agoThen (specifically) who do you think is being hypocritical?
- aatd86 1y agoSome army officers and potentially those who rely on the information they provide.
- nickff 1y agoI have not seen any British Army officers criticizing Wagner's war crimes while protecting the SBS from similar accusations, though I'd agree that would be hypocritical. That being said, the OP is not about those people, it's about a whistle-blower, and completely unrelated to Wagner.
- aatd86 1y agoI wasn't targeting the SAS specifically. This seems to be pervasive across armies. Just read the Human Rights Watch reports.