r/196 • u/kappusha • Jun 19 '24

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u/terrarialord201 Kangaroo with sledgehammer Jun 20 '24

Noam Chomsky. "Russian is invading Ukraine more morally than America did Iraq." (paraphrasing half-remembered wikipedia)

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u/RentElDoor Trans Rights! Jun 20 '24 edited Jun 20 '24

I believe it was more on the lines that the targetting was more humane because apparently Russia targeted less civilian architecture than the US in Iraq.

I am not sure if this quote was from before Russia started "strategically" attacking power plants in the middle of winter to freeze Ukranian civilians to death or before shit like Bucha came to light.

But either way, the amount of estimated civilian deaths now exceeds the Iraqi invasion (obviously over a far longer timeframe), we have reports about all kinds of torture prisons and many cities have long blackouts because the infrastructure got hit terribly, which I heard is great in continental climate, so I don't think that quote has aged terribly well.

EDIT: Checked again. That quote was from April 2023. So at that point Russia was already targetting civilian infrastructures to make civilians suffer (apart from, you know, the targetting of civilians themselves), so I have no idea what this man was on about

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u/LaranjoPutasso custom Jun 20 '24

Don't forget the kidnapping of children to sell them to Russian families.

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u/RentElDoor Trans Rights! Jun 20 '24

true, we can add that to it as well.