Zelensky posted warm thanks to Israel’s president for Independence Day wishes. He said Ukraine-Israel ties will grow and prayed for peace. Meanwhile, Israel bombs Gaza and occupies Palestine. Russia does same in Ukraine. Ukraine supports Israel, but Israel is just like Russia. Selective outrage is not okay. If you cry about invasion, dont support another invader.

source: https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/2092372329594511598

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    7 hours ago

    I refuse to judge a man trying to keep his people alive in the worst of times. He has to make impossible decisions and I’m not in any position to think I could do better.

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    Welcome to politics, Ukraine needs any support it can get and that means climbing ass of whoever is not Russia. Like giving medals to Elon Musk just to make sure he does’t wake one day and give Russia access to Starlink again

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    They’re also allied with the USA, who are also attacking countries as they see fit. I’d assume by default that Ukraine just allies with whoever is willing and able to support them materially, and IDK if I should fault them for that while they’re in the middle of fighting against an invasion. Then again, Zelenskyy is Jewish and as such probably pro-Israel like most Jews …

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        Why would that be his goal?

        Do people really believe Putin’s just wants to kill as many people and destroy as much stuff as possible?

        Obviously he is interested in human capital, i.e. russian speaking Ukrainians, and resources of Ukraine, i.e. coal, iron, farmlands, rare minerals and so on.

        Complete destruction would be just plain stupid.

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          Obviously he is interested in human capital

          Why is that obvious? These are means to an end: annexing Ukraine to extend his country for him to be called Putin the great in history books and when that became unattainable to grab as much territory and resources as possible and when this is unattainable scorch as much of it as possible. We see similar shifting goal strategy in the Iran war. Seems common for autocrats to display petulance. Your claim somewhat presupposes that Putin is at all concerned for the wellbeing and prosperity of his people and country and I see no evidence of that at all.

          Addendum edit: If you follow the Putin leaning media and keep track of the villages and towns that have been “liberated” by the Russians it is worth while to see how that settlement looks following the Russian treatment and those look not unlike Gaza. Both Netanyahu and Putin use violence and destruction as a mean to will other people to give up their land for them. It’s just that Ukraine is so much larger than Gaza (and other surrounded territories not yet part of Israel). What I find heartbreaking is not the support Ukraine is getting from other countries and the condemnation of Putins actions but the lack of accountabilities vis-a-vis the war crimes committed by Israel.

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          Putin needs minerals and ship routes, but most of all Ukraine means food. He thinks he needs these things to survive the new world order and he also thinks he’s the new Peter the great. He’s certifiably insane.

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        At most it would become another Kurdish question. Russia is bad, but they aren’t going to snipe toddlers as pastime and carpet bomb the whole fucking country for real estate development.

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          They’re literally targeting civilians every day. I don’t know if you’ve been to Russia or know many Russians but there are a fuck ton of fearless psychopaths up there. They are doing the exact same shit the iof is doing, with glee and malice, because that’s how your mind breaks when you’re country forces you into a meat grinder. They take it out on women, kids, babies, anyone. Don’t believe me? See how they’ve behaved previously, like in Chechnya.

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          Since we know that russia is sniping children, destroying whole cities and is going on “drone safaris” hunting civilians and have video evidence for that: Why are you downplaying russian war crimes?

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          I mean they have been bombing cities with children, and the mass Graves in the areas they have occupied. So yeah israel and russia are both doing similar things, but Ukraine, unlike Gaza had the ability to fight back