Everybody knows that Putin is BAD,

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13. Actually, I have posted a version to Warmonger threads for Libya,

Syria,
and now
The Ukraine.


I have this deep belief that we should know WHO and WHAT we are supporting BEFORE the Drums of Hate start beating.

You're correct that this is an old post,
upgraded to fit our current situation.

I posted it in response to the Day Long "2 minutes of hate" thread from yesterday targeting Liberals, pacifists, Non-Interventionists....you know, the usual crowd of DU Liberals.

The problem with that thread that gives me 1984 chills in the pit of my belly is that
[font size=3]out of over 450 posts, not a single ONE was about WHO and WHAT we should be supporting in the Ukraine. It was ONLY about WHO we should hate.[/font]
That thread was a genuine Orwellian Two Minutes of Hate.
I would expect to see something like that on FR, but NOT DU.
We are better than that.

I challenge you to go find a single post in that thread about WHO we should be supporting in the Ukraine,
or about WHAT we should be supporting.
WHO and WHAT are our other options besides PUTIN=BAD?
You were one of the (thankfully) few who Recommended that Two Minutes of Hate,
so you should be familiar with the content.
I challenge you.

I agree with the first line of that OP.
"Putin is a Right Wing Fascist Thug",
but I have also been doing due diligence before rolling out the Freedom Bombs and lining up in the Hate Parade.
There are Players in The Ukraine who appear to be WORSE than Putin,
and like Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan,
I won't be a willing part of making things WORSE for anybody.


Do YOU know who WON in Iraq?
Do YOU know who WON in Afghanistan?
Do YOU know who WON in Libya?

Our intentions may be good,
but the USA has a horrible record of FAILURE in intervening in other countries over the last 60 years.
9 times out of 10, we have made things WORSE for the people living there.
...but don't let that stop you.
What do you care anyway?