r/InternationalNews Oct 17 '24

Ukraine/Russia Videos of Ukrainians being detained by conscription patrols go viral

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u/Informal_Reality1589 Oct 19 '24

I mean yeah I’m also sitting at home on Reddit but I’m not advocating for people to be forced to fight in a war and likely die

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u/Gamerboy11116 Oct 19 '24

And I’m not advocating that a democratic government willingly subject its citizens to authoritarian rule under a genocidal regime which has deliberately committed thousands of war crimes, countless acts of rape, bombed literally over a thousand hospitals, and is hell-bent on systematically erasing Ukrainian culture and identity, as well as the Ukrainian state as a whole, against the overwhelming wishes of its civilian population.

Same thing, really.

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u/Informal_Reality1589 Oct 19 '24

I mean same I agree I just don’t think either side should force people to fight

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u/Gamerboy11116 Oct 19 '24

That would be ideal, but it’s kind of like decrying the Soviet Union for choosing to conscript in light of the German invasion… sometimes it’s not that simple.