Part of the issue is that the right leaning publications and reporters will either make things up or twist them when members of the Squad are concerned. At the same time pundits who say they are liberal but always seem to advise us to be more like Republicans, have a special treatment of the Squad.
At the other end, some liberal voices are accusing the Squad of being militant in responding to Putin the way they are.
For example:
Left Voice is accusing them of being war mongers and fake liberals. https://www.leftvoice.org/the-squad-calls-for-u-s-intervention-in-ukraine/
The New York Post thinks they are in league with Putin. https://nypost.com/2022/03/19/squad-takes-kid-gloves-to-putin/
I do know that AOC is concerned with not damaging the people of Russia any more than necessary. I agree, but I don't think we have a choice when the Russian government is exploiting their own people to power their genocidal attacks on Ukraine.
The media controlled cult in Russia is the real thing and not just the imitation that Fox News, Qanon and Maga have made the Republican party into. In our case it is a large dangerous minority that pretends it is an endangered majority. In their case it is a large dangerous majority that makes speaking the truth dangerous even if the authorities don't come after you.
My own thinking is that right now Russia is like Jones Town or the Branch Davidian compound. We dare not let them continue doing the things they do, but we don't want them to drink the cool-aide. Or in this case use the bomb.
So how do we stop this war, avoid injury the the Russian people, protect the Ukrainian people, stand up to global terrorism and keep from having the button pushed? I expect we will see a lot of conflicts of opinion here. My hope is that between our voices we can come up with a way to resolve these issues.
If not, we can only hope that the next species to rise up from the ruins is wiser than ours. If it comes to that, I wish them luck.
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