Progressive Politics

... Over the past two decades

Not to make light of this, but it's an important distinction that should have been added to the title as it makes the difference between "yeah, that's horrible" and "yeah that doesn't sound right"

I don't mean to equate the situations, they are completely different (I wrote a reply above about that just now). In Ukraine you don't have an ongoing genocide of a small population with no army on a small piece of land about which all of the west is lying while giving weapons to Russia. I was only pointing out that the aggressors in both cases are rabidly genocidal and medieval in their actions and goals.

Correct. And I really don't want it to come off that way, so I apologize if I did.

I'm maybe a little anxious when Russia comes up in leftist circles since there's a tendency among some to downplay their atrocities, which absolutely do come with genocidal intent if you follow their official propaganda via state media and such. And of course on the front their soldiers commit civilian massacres, kidnap children, and whatever else they can get away with.

But yes, the scale isn't even close, like you said: Ukraine has an actual army, western backing, and can actually fight back. Meanwhile, Palestinians have been been left to literally starve to death after being bombed to death. Not only is the west complicit through silence and manufacturing consent, but they actually give Israel the bombs. The Gaza genocide is the most horrific event I've witnessed in my entire life, even from halfway around the world it has left a permanent stain on my faith in humanity.