profiles in courage

[Darah Kehnemuyi]

 Hmmm... lets' see "Critical thinking"...Umm...Did Russia invade Ukraine ?    Umm...Did the Russian ground invasion stall ?Uh ... were Russian troops told they were invading Ukraine to begin with ?Uh ... were Russian troops not supplied with enough food and other logistical needs?Uh ... have Russian artillery and aerial bombardments leveled and destroyed Ukrainian cities ?Let's see... did Russian artillery and aerial bombardment target and kill civilians ?Let's see ... Is the Russian government telling the Russian people the truth about the war (excuse me the "Special Operation") in Ukraine to get rid of "Nazis"?Umm ... have all independent media in Russia been silenced or driven out of the country ?Umm ... as David said, did Russia lie about it's war crimes in Chechnya and Syria ?  Hmm ... ???
I hate to be "critical" but this really doesn't take much thought.                   D.
    On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 01:26:38 PM EDT, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 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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