Comment by nobody9999
5 years ago
>We’re really stuck between two equally hostile political forces pursuing their interests at any cost.
I know. It's awful. If we can't get Russia to stop attacking Ukraine with bombs, tanks, guns and missiles, perhaps we could convince the EU to stop bombing Ukraine? Oh, wait...
Or we can prevent ordinary Russians from leaving the country ruining their economy at the same time, pushing them into the civil war …
One of these things is not like the others.
Invading a country != denying visas to citizens of a country that's doing the invading.
Stay where you are and you may be murdered by an invading force != stay where you are and deal with the results of sanctions.
Both are definitely bad, but they are in no way equivalent.
As I have said in the comment below - for the ordinary Russian people which have nothing to do with the invasion the consequences are equally bad from the both sides.
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