I readed below. You must compare what is comparable. So, sorry, too many errors...your description is not factual. On Monday 21 March 2022 01:57:34 Steven D'Aprano wrote: > The West's reaction to Ukraine is deeply hypocritical and racist, and > deeply, deeply dangerous, risking nuclear war for the sake of US > interests. > For 20 years or more the West has stood by and accepted the USA bombing, > drone-assassinating, and outright unprovoked invasion of countries > populated by brown- and black-skinned people, mostly Muslim, and done > nothing. US aggression double-plus good. > Why was the USA not banned from the SWIFT banking system after their > unprovoked invasion and occupation of Iraq and their continuing bombing > and drone-assassination campaigns in Africa and the Middle East? > At the same time that the US was hypocritically condemning Russia, they > were bombing Somalia: >www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/25/us-bombed-somalia-amid-russian-invasion-ukraine > But that's okay, because they're only blacks. (Sarcasm.) > Why haven't American oligarchs like Jeff Bezos had their assets seized? > They are every bit as responsible for American state actions as Russian > ologarchs are responsible for Russian state actions. > For the white Ukrainians, Europe and America is full of bleeding hearts. > But for the black and brown Muslims being bombed by US missiles and > drones, their countries destroyed, the victims of brutal authoritarian > regimes being protected, armed and trained by the US, they have nothing > but hearts of stone. > It is hypocracy and double-standards. > Even just a few weeks ago, everyone knew that Ukraine's deep connections > to literal Nazis was a serious problem. Now its "fake news" because > their Nazi connection is inconvenient for US propaganda. > https://theintercept.com/2022/02/24/ukraine-facebook-azov-battalion-russia/ > https://www.timesofisrael.com/congress-members-call-out-ukraine-government-for-glorifying-nazis/ > https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/hundreds-of-ukrainians-march-in-honor-of-nazi-collaborator.6647732/ > https://www.mintpressnews.com/ukraine-jewish-president-zelensky-made-peace-neo-nazi-paramilitaries/279862/ > Where were the Western press when Ukrainian forces shelled (and continue > to shell) civilian targets in Donetsk? War crimes against Russian- speakers > is apparently okay. > https://thenewsglory.com/in-donetsk-two-residential-buildings-were-damaged-during-shelling-by-the-armed-forces-of-ukraine/ > To say nothing of more recent missile attacks against civilian targets > in Donetsk. > Make no mistake: Ukraine is the willing catspaw of the US in their > slow-motion war on Russia, they are not innocent victims of aggression. > This has been building for six years, since the popularly-elected > Ukrainian government was overthrown by the far-right. > > https://mate.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-crisis-sponsored-by-us?s=r > https://consortiumnews.com/2019/04/22/the-buried-maidan-massacre-and-its-misrepresentation-by-the-west/ > > https://fair.org/home/what-you-should-really-know-about-ukraine/ > https://www.cpr.org/2020/01/24/far-away-from-washington-impeachment-means-little-to-us-troops-who-provide-ukraines-military-aid/ > I support the right of all nations to defend themselves, not just the > USA, even preemptive defence when negotiations have failed. > I support a negotiated peace that guarantees the security of both Russia > and Ukraine. > I support the permanent neutrality of Ukraine. > I support the removal of Nazis from the government, military and > police of Ukraine, especially the notorious Azov Battalion. > I support the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk. ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
