November 25, 2022
The War Game
Maurizio Morabito
Despite all the promises Ukraine is still pretty much defenseless wrt the destruction of its energy infrastructure.
This is a war crime by the Russians and the strongest evidence that the USA, NATO, the EU, the UK and the Ukrainian government are more interested in fighting Putin than in protecting lives.
Second strongest evidence of the same is the fact that this most obvious and evidence rich of war crimes is not used for propaganda or even to justify further sanctions.
In other words we are failing the Ukrainians, especially the most vulnerable.
Despite all the promises Ukraine is still pretty much defenseless wrt the destruction of its energy infrastructure.
This is a war crime by the Russians and the strongest evidence that the USA, NATO, the EU, the UK and the Ukrainian government are more interested in fighting Putin than in protecting lives.
Second strongest evidence of the same is the fact that this most obvious and evidence rich of war crimes is not used for propaganda or even to justify further sanctions.
In other words we are failing the Ukrainians, especially the most vulnerable.
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Destroying infrastructure is most certainly not a war crime. It is a normal method of conducting war and has been since the beginning of time. It is what we did in Baghdad, which has not fully restored its power and water infrastructure to this day. We did the same in Afghanistan before that, and in Panama, in Grenada, and in Vietnam.
In war, you are not merely fighting an opposing army, you are at war against an opposing nation, and you have to break not the army but the nation’s will to fight.
That it is "not used for propaganda or even to justify further sanctions†is a circular argument. It is not being so used for the simple reason that it is not a war crime.
That "we are failing the Ukrainians†is equally absurd. The Ukrainians are reaping what they sowed, and we have no responsibility whatever to protect them from their own actions.
In war, you are not merely fighting an opposing army, you are at war against an opposing nation, and you have to break not the army but the nation’s will to fight.
That it is "not used for propaganda or even to justify further sanctions†is a circular argument. It is not being so used for the simple reason that it is not a war crime.
That "we are failing the Ukrainians†is equally absurd. The Ukrainians are reaping what they sowed, and we have no responsibility whatever to protect them from their own actions.
Posted by: Bill H at November 25, 2022 10:33 AM (Q7br2)
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Agree with every point you made there Bill. Russia has every right to attack the Ukrainian infrastructure. I disagree with Maurizio on most of this.
I do agree however that Ukraine is being sacrificed by the West to thumb Russia in the eye. No question in my mind that is so.
I do agree however that Ukraine is being sacrificed by the West to thumb Russia in the eye. No question in my mind that is so.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at November 25, 2022 11:34 AM (WoADO)
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I agree we are prolonging that war for our own benefit, but I don't believe we told them to pound the Donbass with artillery for eight years and then to begin an actual invasion of it Nazi by battalions.
Posted by: Bill H at November 26, 2022 10:29 AM (Q7br2)
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Well no Bill, but I think we knew they were doing it and made no effort to rein them in. We could have told them if they kept it up we wouldn't protect them. But they were a cash cow for a lot of politicians, especially Democrats.
And who knows what we told them privately? Maybe we DID tell them to pound Dumbass.
The war is the tip of a rather filthy iceberg. There has been much more going on than we know.
I would add that now this still could be settled diplomatically but the West refuses to engage the Russians, who can't come away empty handed. We want regime change there, plain and simple, and want an American puppet government there. Putin isn't going down without a fight.
And who knows what we told them privately? Maybe we DID tell them to pound Dumbass.
The war is the tip of a rather filthy iceberg. There has been much more going on than we know.
I would add that now this still could be settled diplomatically but the West refuses to engage the Russians, who can't come away empty handed. We want regime change there, plain and simple, and want an American puppet government there. Putin isn't going down without a fight.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at November 26, 2022 10:38 AM (1sjmR)
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Despite all the promises Ukraine is still pretty much defenseless wrt the destruction of its energy infrastructure.
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