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Re:Ask HN: What do you read for a more objective view on the... by ptr on Monday February 28, 2022 @02:16AM (#30497218)
Yea, 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.

Re:Ask HN: What do you read for a more objective view on the... by dondraper36 on Monday February 28, 2022 @02:21AM (#30497249)
I 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?
Re:Ask HN: What do you read for a more objective view on the... by ptr on Monday February 28, 2022 @02:31AM (#30497305)
First 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.)

Re:Ask HN: What do you read for a more objective view on the... by dondraper36 on Monday February 28, 2022 @02:38AM (#30497355)
It 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?
Re:Ask HN: What do you read for a more objective view on the... by WalterGR on Monday February 28, 2022 @03:54AM (#30497809)
If 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?
Re:Ask HN: What do you read for a more objective view on the... by ptr on Monday February 28, 2022 @02:49AM (#30497412)
Their stated goal for the invasion is to “demilitarize” and “denazify” the whole of Ukraine. Ukraine has a Jewish president.
Re:Ask HN: What do you read for a more objective view on the... by corinroyal on Monday February 28, 2022 @03:37AM (#30497700)
And 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.