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In clear cases of obvious genocide, not saying anything at all, is the same as approval.

well, not literally 

well, not literally

Russia is literally attempting genocide.  You know, by definition.  I find definitions to be important, rather than just talking about our feelings about things that are happening, it helps clarify things when opinions and personal biases can lead us astray.

India was literally non-committal, not stating a position publicly.  This is of course a fact.  A literal embodiment of truth.

US top level planners- this time General Mark Milley- the highest ranking officer in the entire US military....saying this war will last years.

I just saw this on the news as well.  At this point it's not surprising but is certainly disheartening.

I just saw this on the news as well.  At this point it's not surprising but is certainly disheartening.

disheartening is not the right word. if this thing lasts years Ukraine will look like Syria or Yemen or Iraq or Afghanistan. Some parts of the country already do. I can't imagine this going on for 3-4-5 more years. It's sickening.

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while I absolutely do know Putin is a war criminal and agree with his sentiment- I don't think it's wise for the President of the United States to call Putin such or to continue to say he thinks Putin should be tried for war crimes. For one I don't think it will help ease tensions or help in anyway to bring about an end to this war.

And second I find it pretty wild Biden keeps pushing for this, considering war crimes are tried by the ICC- an entity that the US does not nor has ever recognized as a legitimate court with any kind of authority to prosecute anyone- an entity which US imposes economic sanctions on it's prosecutors- and lastly an entity in which the current President voted YES as a senator on legislation nicknamed the "Hague Invasion Act" - which was signed into law- which states that the US will invade the Netherlands and use military force to attack the Hague (ICC) to free any Americans held there. The law also bans federal, state and local governments and agencies from assisting the ICC in any way. The law also strictly prohibits the extradition of any person from the US to the ICC.

The law also bans US military aid to countries that are party to the ICC. Of course exemptions were carved in to allow for aid to NATO members and Taiwan and countries that have agreed not to hand over US nationals to the ICC. Pretty crazy sh*t.

The West, Germany in particular, cannot stop buying Russian energy right now, they can't.  They are addicted.

And China and India would step in and take up the slack except for NG which is tougher to transport.

chemical weapon attacks in Chechnya and Syria,

I can't speak to Chechnya, because I'm not familiar with that topic enough- and I am certainly not defending Russia or Putin- but in regards to Syria- that was never accused of Russia, it was accused of Bashar al-Assad - and the evidence for some of those accusations fell apart at the seams under closer scrutiny. OPCW whistleblowers, WikiLeaks, and investigative reporters on the ground in Syria like Sy Hersh and Aaron Mate put some of those accusations into serious doubt. And regardless, that had nothing to do with Russia or Putin. Both the Syrian government and ISIL "rebels" had chemical weapon stocks- and both sides used them. 

IF you were asking me to pick a side in the Syrian war- Russia was on the right side. US was on the wrong side. Period. Bashar al-Assad might be a lot of things- but he's infinitely better than a bunch of theocratic psychopaths intent on a world caliphate and to bring the 21st century back to the 9th century. And all that ever happens when US removes a guy like Assad (see Iraq, Libya) is the country gets thrown into total f**king chaos and the people of the state wind up worse than they were before US got involved.