profiles in courage

[David Morris]

And he did it with Chechnya too.

On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 1:25 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>>
>>