Re:The Myth of Bananaland: The Marketing and Reality of the ...
by ttyprintk on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @09:33AM
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An AI summary of that channel’s Ukraine video does fall into a narrative I’ve seen in the West:
1. Eastern states joined NATO for defense
2. This redirected Russian aggression to Chechnya, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
3. Thus, the invading forces must themselves be acting with circumspection about NATO
This reasoning tends to prefer analysis rather than emphasize what invading armies do to civilians. We know what’s happening to civilians in each of those invasions. We do not know (and should not care) if each soldier has an opinion of NATO.
1. Eastern states joined NATO for defense
2. This redirected Russian aggression to Chechnya, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
3. Thus, the invading forces must themselves be acting with circumspection about NATO
This reasoning tends to prefer analysis rather than emphasize what invading armies do to civilians. We know what’s happening to civilians in each of those invasions. We do not know (and should not care) if each soldier has an opinion of NATO.