profiles in courage

[David Morris]

When the Russians helped Assad with Chemical weapons against the Syrian
Rebels, Putin used the same “They did it to themselves” alibi.  He is using
the exact same tactics against the Ukrainians now.

On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 1:15 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the eyes of a blind man, critical thinking can't leave his head.
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 11:23 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Do you think HRW is a foggy source of information?  Or do you believe it
>> when Russia says Ukraine did this to their own people so they could blame
>> it on Russia?
>>
>>
>> https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/03/ukraine-apparent-war-crimes-russia-controlled-areas
>>
>> *“The cases we documented amount to unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and
>> violence against Ukrainian civilians,” said Hugh Williamson
>> <https://www.hrw.org/about/people/hugh-williamson>, Europe and Central
>> Asia
>> director at Human Rights Watch. “Rape, murder, and other violent acts
>> against people in the Russian forces’ custody should be investigated as
>> war
>> crimes.”*
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 11:09 AM Thomas Eckhardt via Pynchon-l <
>> pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
>>
>> > All I am asking for with regard to allegations of atrocities is a
>> modicum
>> > of critical thinking.
>>
>> [•••]
>>
>> > We don't know. So we should not rush to judgement.
>> >
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