Selective memory, eh. Iraq and Afghanistan like to have word with you about you going outside daily protesting against your country.
Edit: To add, consider the brutal history of British empire and how they invaded, occupied, and looted a large part of the world.
Let's not get into whataboutery. We all know governments are shit. We shouldn't stop arguing for higher standards just because we've been inadequate in the past.
Afghanis hosted a terrorist group that did 9/11.
So the situations are quite different.
That doesn't necessarily justify invasion of either (but it possibly could) - point being those are not Ukraine analogues.
US invading Canada would probably be a better analogy.
And go look what happens when military was withdrawn from Afghanistan. And see how that country looked in 1960s before the Taliban.
Having a blind eye doesnt solve problems.
supplying arms and willing civilians to fight a war = bad Russia 2014
supplying arms and willing civilians to fight a war = good Liz Truss (UK Foreign Secretary) 2022 but before 2022 it was bad
*disclaimer -- both bad
We have been told my entire life that boycotting economies is bad (which is what is going on, this isn't just sanctions) and in some situations discrimination (on grounds of race) but now it's ok.
My brain hurts trying to reconcile these positions.
We just need to end this conflict ASAP and it doesn't help promising to speed run UKR into EU and NATO (even if that's the ultimate goal)
- In 2022 it was good because it was to defend a country from invasion that did not want it
In both cases the underlying reason is the same, defend the will of the people.
What is the underlying argument you are trying to pursue? We should not sanction ordinary Russian people because all governments invade/meddle in other countries not just Russia?
get around a table and talk it out rather than put Ukrainians and Russians in the firing line in an irreversible way -- while we pontificate from relative comfort in the Europe/US -- no one wins from this fighting
FYI: It was criminal as a Brit to fight against IS (the goal of UK) as a civilian