▲ 154 ▼ 11 arrested in protest at Sen. Bernie Sanders’s office over war in Ukraine (www.washingtonpost.com) submitted 2 years ago by NightOwl@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 127 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We’re not making excuses for him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) You're both framing his invasion of Ukraine as a struggle against NATO expansion, which is the same excuse he gives for his "special military operation" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago It was framed that way for decades by people on the left and also by centrists like Jeffery Sachs and by right-wing, realpolitik ghouls like Henry Kissinger and John Mearsheimer. And Ukraine really does have a Nazi problem, which American media used to cover before Russia’s invasion, and then after the invasion it suddenly was considered Russian disinformation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) You're both framing his invasion of Ukraine as a struggle against NATO expansion, which is the same excuse he gives for his "special military operation" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago It was framed that way for decades by people on the left and also by centrists like Jeffery Sachs and by right-wing, realpolitik ghouls like Henry Kissinger and John Mearsheimer. And Ukraine really does have a Nazi problem, which American media used to cover before Russia’s invasion, and then after the invasion it suddenly was considered Russian disinformation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago It was framed that way for decades by people on the left and also by centrists like Jeffery Sachs and by right-wing, realpolitik ghouls like Henry Kissinger and John Mearsheimer. And Ukraine really does have a Nazi problem, which American media used to cover before Russia’s invasion, and then after the invasion it suddenly was considered Russian disinformation. permalink fedilink source parent