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OK so you're siding with the state dept on Ukraine but when was the last time you agreed with usa foreign policy around the world? Why do you think they're in any way acting on behalf of anyone in eastern Europe?
I don't think there's been another time once in the twenty plus years that I've been concerned with politics have I agreed with the position of the state department. But to me that means that I for damn sure am not about to interrupt them when they're finally for once in my life taking the morally correct action in funding the defense of Ukraine. I'll save that for when they inevitably get back on their bullshit thanks.
So because the US has pulled a bunch of bullshit over the last several decades they shouldn't get involved when there is a real evil to fight? That's a boneheaded take. What if it was actual real Nazis? What if Nazis got ahold of a country in Europe and started invading and putting people into death camps? Should the US just say "I don't know man, we've fucked up in the middle east, south America, and southeast Asia so much we're just going to sit this out"?
Yes, western imperialism is bad. No, everyone opposed to western imperialism is not necessarily good.
Think of it as broken clock being right twice a day. Think of it however you need to. Russia needs to lose in Ukraine. And if that means the west gets a propaganda "win", that sucks but just deal with it. Western countries getting egg on their faces isn't worth letting Russia rape, murder, and steal.
And here it is, perfect example.
Whataboutism