Re:Putin may be planning to pummel Kyiv into submission
by saiya-jin on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @04:14AM
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Which, long term, may bring benefits to mankind for generation or two, in form of stronger objections to any war. I agree, this war feels much closer and real than any other war in recent decades, and for me it actually is (coming from Slovakia).
Not happy about this myself, we are all equal humans and it shouldn't matter how people dress, speak or religion they have, this reaction should be present in all cases of war.
Re:Putin may be planning to pummel Kyiv into submission
by xdennis on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:59AM
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> Europe didn't give a rats ass about the refugees at the actual shores before.
Europe took in millions of refugees from a different continent.
Syrian/Afghan refugees took a longer route to Europe instead of Saudi Arabia. That's what an economic migrant does.
Ignoring my inner cynic, it is good that we, the European countries, help Ukraine and the Ukrainian refugees, very good. But yes, I think the West is very much used to start wars in far away countries where we can ignore the consequences in our daily lives. Now someone else started it, close to our homes, and all of a sudden we cannot ignore it anymore. Comes as quite a shock to some, it seems.