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Re:US quietly urges more use of Russia fertilizer to ease fo... by FpUser on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @03:26PM (#31744756)
>"Continue doing business as usual as if they're not murdering women and children?"

No we should do everything possible to stop it.

There is a problem though - when "murdering women and children" is done by approved country "Continue doing business as usual" is pretty much what the West does. And I am not aware of any real repercussions for the crimes committed.

Re:US quietly urges more use of Russia fertilizer to ease fo... by labrador on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:01PM (#31745261)
You have to pick your battles and fact is, the American public wants to stop Russian atrocities in Ukraine. They don't want to do anything about Yemen or Syria. I'm sure many books have been written about how and why people get involved to help strangers.
Re:US quietly urges more use of Russia fertilizer to ease fo... by jacobolus on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @09:02PM (#31747962)
The problem for both Syria and Yemen with US audiences is that the USA just went through 2 decades of jingoistic anti-Muslim propaganda and complicated Middle-East wars ending in political failure.

The war in Ukraine is a straightforward story with an obvious bad guy, and it doesn’t require much self reflection to figure out or cause much cognitive dissonance.

Re:US quietly urges more use of Russia fertilizer to ease fo... by FpUser on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @10:34PM (#31748494)
>"They don't want to do anything about Yemen or Syria."

"They" were fine with their own government killing hundreds of thousands in Iraq and whole bunch of other countries. They're fine with their government threatening ICC as organization and its members. They've definitely picked their battle and frankly I think by doing all those things without any repercussion they are being hypocrites and setting example to other countries. No high moral ground here. The whole world affairs are quite disgusting for that matter.

Personally I just try to think about nice things that humanity still manage to produce and as I am a creative person my brain is always busy with rather more inspiring matters.

Re:US quietly urges more use of Russia fertilizer to ease fo... by mbg721 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:09PM (#31745376)
The American public want what the TV tells them to want. Today it's Ukraine, but tomorrow nobody will be able to find Europe on a map.
Re:US quietly urges more use of Russia fertilizer to ease fo... by cpursley on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:07PM (#31745342)
Yes, Manufacturing Consent is a good one.

The media & their masters tells us who to support. And Ukraine vs Russia is profitable.

Re:US quietly urges more use of Russia fertilizer to ease fo... by labrador on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:37PM (#31745719)
It's simpler than a conspiracy, although a conspiracy may exist. Ukrainians are white, Christian, hold Western values and millions of people of Ukrainian descent live in the US and Canada. Opposing Russia is an easy sell.
Re:US quietly urges more use of Russia fertilizer to ease fo... by cpursley on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:44PM (#31745811)
We're in agreement (unfortunately for dark-skinned people all over the world).