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[–] Sowhatever@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The invasion of Iraq, bad as it was, never had the aim of annexing the country and destroy their culture language and identity. Never stole children. Etc.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

never had the aim of annexing the country and destroy their culture language and identity. Never stole children. Etc.

That is a really stupid goalpost to stand by. The semantics you've drawn really do spell out "I only care about the invasion of Ukraine. Iraq and Gaza aren't that bad."

[–] Sowhatever@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 2 years ago

If you want to think that, you can.