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[–] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 1 week ago (23 children)

Just because Trump also breaks international law, doesn't make it better when Putin does it (and not the first time either). Yes, Russia Man Bad! πŸ‘πŸ» Orange Man Also Bad!

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 54 points 1 week ago

Nobody mentioned Trump. I am so fucking sick of liberals acting like the US wasn't constantly attacking other countries before Trump.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Joe Biden supported and enabled the genocide in Gaza, and every president before him committed invasions and war crimes. The fact that you think it's just a Trump thing and not a US empire thing reveals your geopolitical understanding to be puddle-deep. Hell, Putin was our guy. We put him there.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 week ago

Liberals still deny that Biden is responsible for the genocide in Gaza

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[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago

The United States didn't start invading and meddling in other countries until trump?

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You think the fact that Russia is put under sanctions, barred from participating in international sports and other activities, has their gas lines to the rest of Europe bombed by the US, and is generally treated like they're Nazi Germany is sensible? In a world where the countries making those decisions turn away when Israel and the US do much worse?

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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 week ago (22 children)

Trump has been president since 1846?

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[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I dunno, Russian man seems pretty sensible all things considered.
If the warzaw pact was still a thing and it had slowly been inducting south- and central American nations, despite agreements not to do so, and it was now about to induct Mexico (which had had its government couped and replaced with a pro-russian government some years before), then I think it would be pretty sensible of the US to draw a red line at mexican Warzaw pact membership and invade in order to avoid it.
Also in this analogy Texas is part of Mexico and the Mexican government has been bombing Texas for eight years, in breach of two treaties with the US.

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[–] Bort@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Both are bad and should be villified internationally and face repurcussions for their actions.

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[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

Looking to fill out my liberal bingo card I came to this thread looking for "two things can be true at once".

Edit: by announcing I am observing a thread I have changed its behaviour. Redditors see my comment and rephrase into other clichΓ©s.

[–] Oppopity@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

Sadly I'm looking for the specific phrase. It's a clichΓ© so it comes up often enough

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[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

So both should be villified for invading other countries, right?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

Yup, and western European countries that participated should be vilified as well.

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Anyone: "USA and EU is way worse than RF and PRC!"
Libs:

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Let's send both Trump and Putin to the ICC in The Hague. How about that?

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Biden, Obama and Bush Jr too

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And Clinton, and the other Clinton, and Colin Powell, and Condoleeza Rice, and-

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 1 week ago

Trump and Putin sure, but also everyone whose ever had a leadership role in the USA military. Obama is still alive. Bush is still alive. And ideally to a more trustworthy court.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nobody mentioned Trump. I am so fucking sick of liberals acting like the US wasn’t constantly attacking other countries before Trump.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fine, let's send every single US president.

[–] promitheas@programming.dev 17 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I agree, but only one of those 2 countries has proclaimed (in law if im not mistaken, but i may be wrong) that they would intervene militarily to prevent one of their own from being tried by the ICC, regardless of the actual crimes they've committed. And im talking about sending special forces to extract said alleged criminal against humanity, from another sovereign nation, abiding by its own laws.

Guess which of the 2 I'm talking about? Russia is by no means the good guy, but its not a binary issue, as most people on the internet seem to react when these 2 countries are mentioned in the same sentence. Russia being 'bad' doesn't automatically make the US 'good' and vice versa.

Sure, who's worse shifts back and forth over the years, but to my eyes, currently, the US is worse, and its been that way for a long time. Way before trump. Anyone who thinks this all started when trump took office, is a bit deluded.

But you're 100% right, send both of them to the ICC, in an ideal world.

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