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75. The US is not going to war in the Ukraine

the whole idea is ridiculous. It isn't necessary to justify Russia's war on the Ukraine to oppose US intervention. This isn't a Hollywood movie with good guys vs. bad guys. Russia's war on the Ukraine is wrong, and trying to justify it is no different than making excuses for the US in Iraq. Why people think they have to do that to oppose US intervention is beyond me. The only two options are not parroting every excuse out of the Kremlin or promoting US intervention. That kind of simplistic polemic doesn't speak to the reality of foreign relations, and I cannot begin to understand how some people think that way. It's gotten to the point where if you make any criticism of Putin you're accused of wanting the US to go to war with Russia. That is very far from a rational response to the situation.

The lesson to be learned from Iraq is not to swallow whole excuses for another war by a different country. it is to learn to fucking THINK and cut through bullshit from governments in justifying their foreign intervention. The only difference between the pro-Russian apologists and the neocons is they are justifying a different war by a different nation. They are every bit as uncritical as the Americans who supported the Iraq war. Pro-war is pro-war. Dead isn't any less dead at the hands of Russians than Americans. Insisting that the war on the Ukraine is justified because of neo-nazis or any other political faction is to say people deserve to die because you don't like their political views. That position is warmongering, pure and simple.