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there are ~ 190+ countries, each of which is guilty of this "non-reaction" you speak of

russia, of course, is more guilty than all these other countries, because not only are they guilty of the same "non-reaction", but they are guilty of the initial action, too!



> there are ~ 190+ countries, each of which is guilty of this "non-reaction" you speak of

While I agree with you, most of the blame lies on us Europeans here. We knew what a continuation of this war and the constant erosion of basic rules of war would cause (most importantly, a ton of refugees), and yet we did nothing despite us being in a position to help from a military perspective in contrast to most Global South countries. We just let Assad and Russia bomb their own people with chemical weapons and barrel bombs.

We stuck our heads into the desert sand and hoped the storm would pass, and then we had the audacity of letting tens of thousands of people drown in the Mediterranean or on the Turkey-Greece route.


everything you say is true of all 190+ countries: they all knew what a continuation of russia's genocide of Ukraine would cause, and yet each one did nothing despite being capable of sending at least minimal aid to Ukraine, or publicly voicing opposition to russia's genocide of Ukraine

so, again, each of those countries (russia alone more than any other) is equally guilty, be they China, USA, Iran, Canada, North Korea, etc: none had any responsibility to intervene more or less than the others, and EU receives no special blame for russia's genocide of Ukraine

or, more to the point, they are all equally innocent, except for the aggressor, russia, who started the genocide of Ukraine in the first place

tl;dr russia is to blame




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