ukraine@war

ukraine@war

Day 613

Cats and bats

Oct 29, 2023
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Looking on the bright side, we are on the right side of history. Israel and Ukraine have to the right to exist and to self-defense. There are civilizations which adhere to the rules-based international order, and those which do not. It’s that complicated.

[…] Can you guarantee our security? Can you guarantee that the nation near us will not repeat the same atrocities? …. [If] the world does not understand, and secure our ability to live without terror, how can we move on? Why would anybody agree to a process when he wants to live in peace, but he is afraid of his neighbor? This is the question that everybody needs to ask. — Israeli President Isaac Herzog1.

Z has been saying this, er, for more than 600 days.

Conflating the disasters in Israel and Ukraine for PR purposes is a mistake, tactically, because most people confuse cause and effect, but we probably can all agree that appeasing evil is a strategic mistake, always, something we pointed out o…

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