Why would anyone say that when everyone knows that it incontrovertibly is? Civilians always get killed in war, but scale, proportion, and intent matter. Noam Chomsky: Russia is fighting more humanely than the US did in Iraq

[–] DesolateMood@lemm.ee -5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Idk I'm not convinced. The fact that they're not as bad doesn't make it any less problematic

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Then you don’t know the last eighty years of US atrocities worldwide, starting from the nuclear bombing of two heavily populated cities with no warning and ending with aiding & abetting an ongoing genocide in Palestine.

https://dessalines.github.io/essays/us_atrocities.html

[–] WarmRegards@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, you don't know. Willful ignorance is a helluva drug.

[–] DesolateMood@lemm.ee -3 points 4 days ago

Do you think that what Russia is doing is okay