https://archive.md/vSb82
"In theory, it ought to be possible for opponents of Western support for
Ukraine to oppose Vladimir Putin. They could denounce Russia’s illegal
invasion, condemn the rapes and the torture, and wish the Ukrainian resistance
well, while still saying that the war was no concern of ours.
In theory again, it ought to be possible to dismiss George Orwell’s line about
pacifism “being objectively pro-fascist” as a calumny. People who want an end
to war need not be fascists, for goodness’ sake. They can be peacemakers.
I have more sympathy than other pro-western commentators with those dismissed
as isolationists in the US or Little Englanders in the UK. The failure to
understand them helps explain the rise of populism. If you are living in the
Midwest of the United States or English Midlands what is Russia to you or you
to it? Why should you care about Russian imperialism, let alone be willing to
sacrifice your nation’s blood and treasure to oppose it? In Eastern Europe,
Russia is a direct menace, but the Kremlin can seem a long way away if you live
in the UK or Ireland, let alone Canada or the United States.
And yet, although there is no reason why opponents of helping Ukraine should
support Russian fascism, the leaders of the anti-Ukraine movement across the
West do in fact support Russian fascism. They are objectively and indeed
demonstrably “pro-fascist”. They are not just saying that it is a “horrible”
idea for the West to involve itself in “quarrel in a faraway country between
people of whom we know nothing,” to quote Neville Chamberlain’s words as he
abandoned Czechoslovakia to the Nazis in 1938. Chamberlain did not support the
Nazis. He abhorred everything about them. He just did not want to commit the
British empire to war
Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, and Donald Trump could not be more different from
Neville Chamberlain. They want to abandon Ukraine to the Russians, not because
they see the war as none of the West’s business, but because they admire the
Russian dictatorship and want a Russian victory."
Via Diane A.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
