You’re making a gigantic logical blunder here. The US has done a ton of shitty things worldwide. But that does not mean their opposition is necessarily better. When you look at the USSR/Russia and the US, there isn’t exactly a good option. It’s important to remain critical of both however, and not give Russia a pass simply for being anti American. Don’t forget that Ukraine is Putin having a temper tantrum over Ukraine defying Russian imperialism. The US military helping Ukraine defeat Russia is still anti imperialistic despite the US’ checkered history, and is worthy of support.
You can see a lot of leftist thinkers fall into this logic trap, and they end up being anti American, not anti Imperialism. Saying that Ukraine shouldn’t have sought closer ties to the West because it pisses off Russia is a defense of imperialism. Saying the US should negotiate a truce, not Ukraine, is asking for American imperialism to stop the war.
A country’s choice should be a country’s choice. Whatever Ukraine decides, fight or surrender, is what the US is backing. As long as Ukraine continues to fight, trying to negotiate peace on their behalf is just paternalistic imperialism. Some of the most ardent critics of American imperialism are now advocating for imperialism themselves because they’ve been blinded by their anti American sentiment, no matter how valid the sentiment may be.
You’re making a gigantic logical blunder here. The US has done a ton of shitty things worldwide. But that does not mean their opposition is necessarily better. When you look at the USSR/Russia and the US, there isn’t exactly a good option. It’s important to remain critical of both however, and not give Russia a pass simply for being anti American. Don’t forget that Ukraine is Putin having a temper tantrum over Ukraine defying Russian imperialism. The US military helping Ukraine defeat Russia is still anti imperialistic despite the US’ checkered history, and is worthy of support.
You can see a lot of leftist thinkers fall into this logic trap, and they end up being anti American, not anti Imperialism. Saying that Ukraine shouldn’t have sought closer ties to the West because it pisses off Russia is a defense of imperialism. Saying the US should negotiate a truce, not Ukraine, is asking for American imperialism to stop the war.
A country’s choice should be a country’s choice. Whatever Ukraine decides, fight or surrender, is what the US is backing. As long as Ukraine continues to fight, trying to negotiate peace on their behalf is just paternalistic imperialism. Some of the most ardent critics of American imperialism are now advocating for imperialism themselves because they’ve been blinded by their anti American sentiment, no matter how valid the sentiment may be.
Where in my comment and in this post overall was Russia and Ukraine brought up. Nowhere. Go off though I guess.