profiles in courage

[Mark Thibodeau]

To the point of deja-vu in fact.

Jerky

On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 4:25 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I remember arguing about the Syria war crimes right here....
>
> 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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