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> The simple truth is that Russia is currently engaged in a genocidal war with the intent of erasing Ukrainian people

If that were true then Melitopol would be the first erased Ukrainian city, but we see that's not true [1]. Perhaps it's because Azov battalion didn't have a chance to position their artillery on the backyards of civilian flat blocks in that city.

> This is one of the few clear cut conflicts between unspeakable evil and a distinct people who are being eradicated real time.

No it's not, there are far fewer civilian casualties in Ukraine than in Iraq during active months of 2003 alone [2]. Neither NATO nor UN nor the western world in general identifies civilian casualties in Iraq as victims of a genocide.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MCqAERksT8

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War#Ira...



UN has a specific definition of genocide: it's "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group."

https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml

The reported mass deportations of Ukrainian children are included in this definition.

The definition says nothing about Iraq war.

Intent? Documented:

https://web.archive.org/web/20220405204214/https://www.washi...

But a “substantial part of the populace” is “also guilty” and would require “reeducation” and “ideological repressions” lasting “at least a generation” and would “inevitably mean de-Ukrainization.”

The intent to destroy Ukrainian identity, and the actions taken so far, is what makes this look like a genocide. Not the relative number of victims.

Of course until "an official body" declares this a genocide - which is not 100% sure - we can always pretend it's just "a normal war".




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