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Re:As Britain awaits a new prime minister, its cost-of-livin... by MrRiddle on Saturday September 03, 2022 @10:44AM (#32702325)
Interesting how people care about Ukraine where Russian actions are arguably very localized to military targets but no one is concerned for over 500k dead in Iraq and their current civil war, all caused by certain NATO countries. Half of the ME is on fire, but no one care. Just a bunch of hypocrites.
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Re:As Britain awaits a new prime minister, its cost-of-livin... by lostlogin on Saturday September 03, 2022 @11:02AM (#32702510)
> Russian actions are arguably very localized to military targets

I don’t think anyone believes this.

Your comment is whataboutism at a grand level. It is possible to oppose slaughtering people wherever they live.

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Re:As Britain awaits a new prime minister, its cost-of-livin... by MrRiddle on Saturday September 03, 2022 @11:51AM (#32703038)
Yet people didn’t oppose when their own governments were slaughtering people. Countries ruined for decades if not centuries. Whataboutism would be if I justified Russian actions, but I’m not doing that. I’m looking at the western butchers pointing fingers at Russian butchers. Hypocrite.
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