Kremlin accuses West of turning blind eye to Ukrainian 'terrorist attacks' against Russia
Kremlin accuses West of turning blind eye to Ukrainian 'terrorist attacks' against Russia
It's not terrorism when it's a major state actor and they're not hiding their involvement. That's just war.
The bridge is a legitimate military target as it is used as a supply route
Uhm, no, based on your definition not even the official 9/11 story's Al-Quaida would be considered terrorists because they supposedly admitted to what they were doing:
FBI's terrorism definitions:
International terrorism: Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups who are inspired by, or associated with, designated foreign terrorist organizations or nations (state-sponsored).
Domestic terrorism: Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature.
Encyclopedia Britannica:
terrorism, the calculated use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective. Terrorism has been practiced by political organizations with both rightist and leftist objectives, by nationalistic and religious groups, by revolutionaries, and even by state institutions such as armies, intelligence services, and police.
Cambridge:
violent action for political purposes
Al Queda was a non-state actor with state support. You bolded "nations", but that whole line says "designated foreign terrorist ... nations". The Ukrainians are not trying to instil fear, they're cutting a major logistical line with military uses.
Devils in the details, as usual.
Office buildings are not military targets, nor was the plane used to strike the Pentagon (getting ahead of that potential rebuttal). The Kerch bridge is as it’s used to transport military goods to the front line.
The purpose of felling the two towers was to cause terror and change amaricans political views.
The purpose of felling the Kerch bridge is to stop russian bringing military resources into the Ukraine.
What maybe a difficult point is something like the bombing of ww2 cities like Dresden, Coventry or Hiroshima. Many there were making munitions for Japan so was it.civilian or moltrry
None of your definitions match Ukraine, which attacks military targets during an active war started by a nation that invaded them.
Now, Russia actively bombing civilian targets to generate a climate of fear in a population to bring a particular political objective, seems to awfully match that definition.
Lol, not only is it not in Russia but in Russian occupied Ukraine it's also not terrorism, it's war
Crimea is Ukraine.
Uhm... it's war? The war you started? A war caused by one of the biggest terrorist state? A glass house of a state.
i'm sure you're talking about the US. Waging war over 10 countries or more in the last 20 years and staging coups. To all the civillians who became victims, thats quite a terrorist policy.
Just leave Ukraine and problem solved, right?
Terrorism is when another nation resists your genocide and the more they resist your genocide the more terrorism it is
Meanwhile, Russia does this: BBC News - Ukraine war: Russia strikes Ukraine grain after ending sea deal https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66242446
Fuck them.
mother and father of a 14-year-old girl were killed on Monday and the girl left wounded as they tried to cross the bridge to start a family holiday in Crimea,
Uh. I guess my holiday destinations are insanely boring in comparison. I call bullshit.
It’s not bullshit, Russians are still vacationing in Crimea like there isn’t a war going on. It’s pretty insane, especially given the fact that they’ve caused traffic jams multiple times that have likely held up war supplies.
Watched a video some months back of a woman in a car with a man video taping her as she cried about why they had to leave Crimea. This was when some were being evacuated because of some offensive moves by Ukraine. The whole time she is crying about why they would do this and how much she loved it there after moving and that they didn't do anything to deserve it.
They are clueless. Or just brainwashed. Maybe both.
It's the same age old story: big guy punches a small guy and when the small guy punches back, the big guy starts crying that he's been punched.
Cause and effect, you reap what you sow.
That's untrue, if they ever start doing terrorist attacks towards Russia, I definitely won't turn a blind eye - I'll actively cheer!
I'd not support Ukraine indiscriminately killing women and children, but luckily it seems like Ukraine is more interested in military targets and infrastructure.
Russia, on the other hand, seems to be directly targeting women and children. Which, to my mind, makes them a terrorist state.
What now? A terrorist attack inside Russia or an attack on the Crimean Bridge?
That's absolutely not true, the West is not turning a blind eye.
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These aren’t “terrorist attacks” against Russia. They’re “special military operations”.
I have no problem turning a blind eye to what the desperate defenders do against an egregious and genocidal invader.
If Russia doesnt like it, they can surrender and end the war.
Well shoot, you caught me Russia.
The thing is, there is an extremely simple way to stop those and any attacks: get out.