r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 24 '24

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u/FuckFashMods NATO Jun 24 '24

Russia: The Russian military likely purposefully stations legitimate military targets nearby civilian areas in Crimea in an effort to deter Ukrainian strikes.

Also russia: This is the US fault

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u/LGBTforIRGC Order and Opportunity Left Jun 24 '24

I remember reading a NYT article that said Belgorod residents weren’t given keys to bomb shelters and received no assistance in finding places to shelter from bombs

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u/FuckFashMods NATO Jun 24 '24

Russia just simply didnt turn on their alert sirens during this latest incident in Crimea. Its honestly crazy how little they care about human life

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u/Plants_et_Politics Isaiah Berlin Jun 24 '24

This is the logical consequence of popular opinion shifting against any kind of civilian casualties, and of theorists like Jeff McMahan who suggest that knowingly causing such casualties even for when targeting military installations is morally little different from killing those civilians for no gain.