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@ MeredithAnne
2025-03-01 15:29:10
My friend posted this and it really encapsulated what I was feeling yesterday.
Still curious as to why Israel and Ukraine situations are viewed so differently.
- Both are imperfect countries, but they broadly share the same values of individual freedom, representative democracy, and rule of law.
- And they are both longstanding American allies
- Both are sovereign territories invaded by barbarians
- Those barbarians share none of our values (eg. try being a woman under Hamas; try criticizing Putin in a newspaper in Russia)
- Those barbarians killed, tortured, raped, pillaged, plundered, kidnapped Israelis/Ukrainians
- Both Israel and Ukraine fought back against the invading barbarians (Israel with more success, wiped out almost all Hamas leadership; Ukraine has caused Russia to lose way more troops than it has lost, and it has stopped the Russian Invasion)
- The support in the U.S., and the support abroad, for the two countries is very different
- I strongly oppose the two on her murdering, kidnapping rapists side.
- I strongly support the imperfect liberal (classical sense) democracies who are our allies
What am I missing?