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Peacemaking and Community

hueymahl

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13. How do you not see it?

Reply to Beastly Boy (Reply #12)

Sat Jul 8, 2023, 12:35 PM

Jul 2023

Vietnam support was based on defending the south from a northern aggressor and “stopping the spread of communism” by the successor to, and predecessor of, Mother Russia.

Just waiting to see someone post “America, love it or leave it!”

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For all the Ukraine Flag supporters out there, a song in your honor [View all] hueymahl Jul 2023 OP

WTF? blm Jul 2023 #1

Like John Prine, I support peace, not war hueymahl Jul 2023 #2

Putin is a psychotic war-monger not a bogey-man victim. blm Jul 2023 #3

I don't disagree with you about Putin hueymahl Jul 2023 #4

I support Ukraine's independence and their fight against the aggressors Deuxcents Jul 2023 #5

Then this post is not about you hueymahl Jul 2023 #6

It's not for me to decide Ukraine's future Deuxcents Jul 2023 #7

Fair enough hueymahl Jul 2023 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author mitch96 Jul 2023 #9

Do you see no difference betwenn supporting the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine and Beastly Boy Jul 2023 #10

Sounds like what the Vietnam war supporters would say hueymahl Jul 2023 #11

How so? Beastly Boy Jul 2023 #12

How do you not see it? hueymahl Jul 2023 #13

Glad you provided a parallel. Now I can demonstrate how false it is. Beastly Boy Jul 2023 #14

I'm against supporting proxy wars hueymahl Jul 2023 #15

I asked you: Beastly Boy Jul 2023 #16

I condemn Russia hueymahl Jul 2023 #17

Curiously, my position is identical to yours. Beastly Boy Jul 2023 #18