[emptysongglass]

> So let's pretend this has anything to do with any morals or protection of others from bullies, or democracy - or if you think different I'd say your local propaganda worked on you.

Apart from comparisons to what the West did when... insert-your-favorite-conflict-choice-here being more of the whataboutism I expect -- though pointing it out never seems to stop such facile arguments -- as a Danish resident working directly with Ukrainian software developers daily, the war against Ukraine is very close to my heart.

Reducing our protests and plaintive cries to stop the war to more of the din of the political elites or the heartless machinations of the Great Powers is out of touch with the very real fears of former satellites of the USSR and the very real heartbreak of Europeans for our sisters and brothers in Ukraine.