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Dont you think it is horrible how people put their political ideologies / viewpoints over human lives (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by prettydarknwild@lemmy.world to c/general@lemmy.world

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Something that i find prettyd disgusting these days is how certain people put their political ideologies / viewpoints over human lives, for example, celebrating the russian invasion of ukraine because it is "a blow against US / NATO imperialism" completely ignoring all the warcrimes, the deaths, and the suffering generated by that war, the same happening with the palestinian genocide because "Israel is the only working democracy on the middle east", acting like their ideoligies are going to bring back to life all the dead people somehow

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[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The goal of World War 2 was to expel an invading army from occupied countries. The goal of Desert Storm was the same. Desert Storm didn't overthrow Saddam, that was years later in the Iraq war

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If that was truly the goal, then 85 million people died over which man is in charge, and nothing else.
No, expelling an army is always just a means to reach your goal, cause the army stands between you and control over the people.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

If that was truly the goal, then 85 million people died over which man is in charge, and nothing else.

I mean yes. What are you saying it was about?