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So you say the Russian war is “Genocidal”? So for God’s sake let’s end it!

Paul

A lot of pro-war boosters who, when confronted about the necessity of continuing this war in Ukraine, invoke the term “genocide” to explain why we need to carry on fighting Russia. A few problems with this – firstly there’s no evidence of any genocide, secondly, the best way to end any alleged genocide would be to end the war! 

The war is actually being fought in quite a gentlemanly manner by Russia, avoiding civilian casualties where possible. Yes it’s a terrible, gruesome war, but it’s almost all soldiers which are dying, in their hundreds of thousands. The confirmed civilian kills by the UN currently sits at 9000, surely an underestimate. Multiply that by 4 and you have the Israel-Lebanon conflict of 1982, multiply it by 20 or 30 and you have the Guatemala war of the 1980’s (which did approach genocidal scale)

Even if we accept their crazy claim as true, the fact is almost all violence against civilians and “genocides” are carried out under the veil of war. A reliable way to end aforementioned genocide would be to end the war, and carry out independent, international investigations.

There is a deal on the table right now, which could end the war right away. Always has been, the whole purpose of the war was forced diplomacy on the part of Russia. The war could easily be brought to an end in ways which will not compromise the security of NATO/Europe/the West. Russia has a proposal that Ukraine not join NATO, and that NATO troops be withdrawn from countries which joined subsequent to 1997, in exchange for which they will also withdraw troops and missiles launchers etc a similar distance. A mutual drawdown would enhance regional security. 

But of course in the twisted Orwellian logic of today, this is construed as a threat. “War is peace” and all that. 

What people don’t realise is that not only is continuing this war a potential threat to all humanity, but it is wrecking Ukraine, the country they purport to support (hey, that rhymes!) 

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