Comment by ptr | Hacker News Reader

Comment by ptr | Hacker News Reader

  I have no reason to favor either side

Yes you do. A warmongering country with a crazy dictator (that threatens the world with nukes) has vowed to crush a friendly neighboring country, and then proceeded to invade said country. This is definitely black and white and a just cause for Ukraine. You will be hard-pressed to find anything clearer.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_balance

Europe _definitely_ cares for Ukraine directly, but we also care about the larger security situation. A world where Putin invades countries on a whim is objectively bad for all countries (except for Russia _maybe_). Ukraine is protecting Democracy with the lives of their soldiers and brave civilians. I would be honored if Ukraine wants to join the EU after this.

No doubt about your first part. Don't get me wrong, I am not supporting any of that as there must be no tolerance for such actions in the modern world.

To make it more clear, I want to figure it our for myself whether interventions in the past by the US supported by some European countries were any similar.

Unfortunately, I don't understand modern politics very well so it would be great to understand whether there is any bias these days towards some countries.

There is constant bias, that cannot be denied. But Putin’s actions are pretty damn blatant. His decisions are directly responsible for the current crisis, and all the blood is on his hands.

> A warmongering country with a crazy dictator (that threatens the world with nukes) has vowed to crush a friendly neighboring country

You clearly have no knowledge of things you are trying to talk about. This statement is purely emotional and has no substance in it.

To understand how "friendly" Ukraine is, try to dig what they have done for their western territories. Or how they blocked water to Crimea peninsula, causing humanitarian catastrophe.

We can certainly talk about how this may not justify what is happening now, but calling ukraine friendly is way of a stretch.

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