On Monday, the US State Department backed Israel's seizure of territory in Syria that came after the collapse of the government of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, framing it as a defensive action. Israel seized a buffer zone between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the rest of Syria's territory that…

The obvious hypocrisy is that Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine is real self defense, including protection of ethnic minorities in Ukraine.

    • humanspiralOPMEnglish
      13·
      8 天前

      Conditions for peace were and are still, neutral Ukraine not part of NATO. The only consistency in US policy for both countries is in supporting nazi apartheid ethno states it pretends to be democracies.

      • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
        51·
        8 天前

        Fuck all the way off.
        Ukraine is a sovereign nation.
        And literally any argument Russia might have had went out the window when they invaded without being attacked.
        You don’t get to decide the actions of other countries that way.

        And yes, I’m aware of “but the US…”, they were wrong every single time they did that, too.

        • humanspiralOPMEnglish
          13·
          7 天前

          Topic of the day is US support for Israel annexing more land. Security pretext. Did Israel do referendums in Golan Heights? Referendums for new territory?

          • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
            2·
            7 天前

            But what about Sudan? What about Nazi Germany? What about Napoleon? What about the Romans?