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11 arrested in protest at Sen. Bernie Sanders’s office over war in Ukraine (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 1 year ago by NightOwl@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[-] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 64 points 1 year ago

THAT'S the war they choose to protest?

[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Presumably, antiwar protestors protest every war. Basically, a return to WW2 America's policy of non-intervention.

[-] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

That's not the best way to sell it, me thinks lol

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 13 points 1 year ago

Turns out being anti-war protesters means they're ANTI WAR.

What do you want them to do? Raise funds to send some missles over?

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 59 points 1 year ago

I guess Ukraine could just use hopes and prayers to get Putin out of their front yard.

[-] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure that most of the solid anti-war protestors would expect Ukraine to just accept Russian territorial demands, up to and including complete annexation.

It turns into a reductio ad absurdum pretty quickly though. Putin didn't seem to return Crimea or the occupied regions of Donbass and Luhansk when asked politely. Not even when asked sternly. Indeed, it would seem that when all he faced was stern disapproval he decided to come back for more.

There is no doubt in my mind that supporting Ukraine now is stopping more Russian aggression later. Besides, Putin can end this war any time. Just go back to the original borders. The only reason not to is his yearning for Imperial glory. The irony being that many of these anti-war protestors would probably proclaim themselves anti-colonialists.