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by krzyk 1530 days ago
Is that called whataboutism.

If US did something wrong how does it relate to Russia or China doing similar wrong things?

Stop them whatever means necessary.

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People in the US have far more ability to change the US than they do countries on the other side of the globe. Which is why the US's crimes have to be minimized - so people can freely ignore them and simply bray for military action against other countries.
It’s also a way to smuggle claims of racism into the conversation, since in 2022 you can’t have a conversation without racism or people will fall on the floor shaking in withdrawal.
> Stop them whatever means necessary.

In other words, please cripple your already struggling economies because of a war that you had nothing to do with. Sure, your citizens might have to freeze or starve but this is absolutely necessary to support the current thing. Oh, and please keep buying Saudi and Emirati oil and please keep selling them weapons to bomb Yemen. Anything else would be whataboutism.

Whataboutism would be if they were trying to justify Russian actions. They arent.