I'm not sure if you wilfully missed the point of my comment or if I wasn't explicit enough. I wasn't commenting on whether or not that was Putin's motivation. My complaint was with the logic: "there can't be a Nazi problem in Ukraine, because Zelenskyy is Jewish". That's it. That logic is faulty and disingenuous, because that implies there is not a nazi problem in Ukraine, when there absolutely is.

[–] DevCat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There is a nazi problem in pretty much every country, it may just have a different label. This does not justify declaring war.

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was it justified in WWII?

[–] DevCat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

If simply having nazis in your country is a justification, the US could have attacked itself as well. Today, we still have nazis, by one label or another, in pretty much every country. Declaring war is justified only when their actions reach a certain level.

And remember, countries don't have friends, they have interests.

[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'll just quote myself though honestly I shouldn't respond:

I wasn’t commenting on whether or not that was Putin’s motivation.

Note also that did I did not comment on the justness of declaring war.