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Why It's Crucial To Expose US Provocations in Ukraine - Antiwar.com

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If you believe that Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was unprovoked, you will likely compare Putin to Hitler and will likely oppose President Trump’s peace negotiations with Russia. After all, if Putin’s invasion was unprovoked, a settlement would reward naked aggression and would be akin to Nev...

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I've always compared this invasion to a sexual assault, actually. Aggressors love to say "They were asking for it."
- What a disgusting piece of rhetoric bankruptcy, as expected from liberals and gringos most of all.
  You know what can be compared to sexual assault? The sexual assault regularly happening to Roma people and ethnic Russians in Ukraine at the hands of Azov and other right wing battalions and paramilitaries in Ukraine, as per the Donbas documentary.
  There's also been allegations of rape and torture in Kursk, and why wouldn't there be? The CIA trained the Ukrainians in counter insurgency, which is their way of saying terrorism. If you wanna know what it'd look like if they hadn't defended themselves, look at the West Bank.
  
  The sexual assault regularly happening to Roma people and ethnic Russians in Ukraine at the hands of Azov and other right wing battalions
  That is also an issue and has to be addressed. Neonazis and rapists everywhere have to be imprisoned. But the invasion of russia is the wrong way to address this. A democracy and a fair and non corrupt judicial system are the way to go.
  If you wanna know what it'd look like if they hadn't defended themselves, look at the West Bank.
  Thats an argument in favor of defense.
  
  Interesting that you don't /seem/ to be aware of the invaders' rapes and racism at all. There's rape and racism everywhere, literally every single where. But sure, tell me how rapes and racism show the inherent evil of Ukraine.. surely the kind of provocation that shows "They were asking for it." This is coming from a rape survivor, btw, can't shame me out of using it as a metaphor.
  
  Lmao there it is. When there's credible accusations leveled at Ukraine, suddenly it's no big deal because everyone does it, but mostly the side you're against, which isn't okay.
  I'm not claiming the inherent evil of anywhere, I'm not a racist fucking lib. I'm saying there were crimes being perpetrated against the Ukrainian people, and they defended themselves and asked Russia to aid them, which was their right.
  Whatever you've gone through, it doesn't make it any less disgusting to weaponize trauma to invalidate the struggle of others. Jewish people went through the Holocaust, it doesn't make their shouts of antisemitism at the slightest criticism valid, nor does it justify the deflection from their own crimes. But I can't say I'm surprised by how low gringos will go to paint their incessant war profiteering as virtue.
- I’ve always compared this invasion to a sexual assault
  Gross
  
  It sure is.
  
  So stop doing it
  
  Stop justifying violence by claiming the victim was asking for it.
  
  Ok, so were the massacres in Donbas the ethnic Russians asking for it? Or does your disgusting, disingenuous reductionism only apply to whichever cause the state department tells you to latch onto?
  
  I'm not
- I’ve always compared geopolitics to pop psychology.
  NATO expansion:
  George Washington Univ., 2017: NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard Declassified documents show security assurances against NATO expansion to Soviet leaders from Baker, Bush, Genscher, Kohl, Gates, Mitterrand, Thatcher, Hurd, Major, and Woerner
  Orinoco Tribune, 2022: Former German Chancellor Merkel Admits that Minsk Peace Agreements Were Part of Scheme for Ukraine to Buy Time to Prepare for War With Russia
  Al Mayadeen, 2023: Zelensky admits he never intended to implement Minsk agreements
  Jeffrey Sachs, 2023: The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace
  Jeffrey Sachs, 2023: NATO Chief Admits NATO Expansion Was Key to Russian Invasion of Ukraine
  
  NATO in general:
  The Intercept, 2021: Meet NATO, the Dangerous “Defensive” Alliance Trying to Run the World
  CounterPunch, 2022: NATO is Not a Defensive Alliance
  Noam Chomsky, 2023: NATO “most violent, aggressive alliance in the world”
  Thomas Fazi, 2024: NATO: 75 years of war, unprovoked aggressions and state-sponsored terrorism
  Gabriel Rockhill, 2020: The U.S. Did Not Defeat Fascism in WWII, It Discretely Internationalized It
  
  Maidan coup & fascist attacks on Eastern Ukraine:
  Reuters, 2014: Leaked audio reveals embarrassing U.S. exchange on Ukraine, EU
  Leaked recording between Nuland and Pyatt: audio | transcript
  Counterpunch, 2014: US Imperialism and the Ukraine Coup
  BBC, 2014: Ukraine underplays role of far right in conflict
  Human Rights Watch, 2014: Ukraine: Unguided Rockets Killing Civilians
  Consortium News, 2015: The Mess That Nuland Made Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland engineered Ukraine’s regime change without weighing the likely consequences.
  The Hill, 2017: The reality of neo-Nazis in Ukraine is far from Kremlin propaganda
  The Guardian, 2017: 'I want to bring up a warrior': Ukraine's far-right children's camp – video
  WaPo, 2018: The war in Ukraine is more devastating than you know
  Reuters, 2018: Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem
  The Nation, 2019: Neo-Nazis and the Far Right Are On the March in Ukraine
  openDemocracy, 2019: Why Ukraine’s new language law will have long-term consequences
  Al Jazeera, 2022: Why did Ukraine suspend 11 ‘pro-Russia’ parties?
  Jacobin, 2022: A US-Backed, Far Right–Led Revolution in Ukraine Helped Bring Us to the Brink of War
  Consortium News, 2023: The West’s Sabotage of Peace in Ukraine Former Israeli Prime Minister Bennett’s recent comments about getting his mediation efforts squashed in the early days of the war adds more to the growing pile of evidence that Western powers are intent on regime change in Russia.
  NYT, 2024: U.N. Court to Rule on Whether Ukraine Committed Genocide

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