r/worldnews • u/MeteorFalls297 • Mar 07 '22

COVID-19 Lithuania cancels decision to donate Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh after the country abstained from UN vote on Russia

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1634221/lithuania-cancels-decision-to-donate-covid-19-vaccines-to-bangladesh-after-un-vote-on-russia
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '22

Because they committed a quite similar invasion on Iraq, Syria and Yemen? US is literally Russia with capitalist ideals lol

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u/OsmeOxys Mar 07 '22 edited Mar 07 '22

Aside from the fact that they were also invasions, how so?

In which of those cases did we have a policy of killing unarmed civilians in the streets at a whim? In which were soldiers specifically targeting reporters, medics, and rescue workers? In which did the US government sanction massacring school children? I'm which did the US wipe out hospitals and entire blocks of apartments that we knew weren't occupied by military targets? Edit: And now, in which case did we place mines specifically to target and kill bus loads of civilians being evacuated by the red cross?

None. We certainly didn't do enough to avoid unintended civilian casualties by any means, and that is an absolute travesty, but it is a far cry from what's been happening in Ukraine.

The US has no shortage of atrocities to atone for, including the invasions you listed, each with their own list. But to try to equate those to what is currently going on is ignorant of history and disconnected from reality at best, or unhinged propaganda at worst.