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Triloon

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23. If I had to guess (and I do) ..

Reply to WarGamer (Reply #19)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:03 PM

Mar 2022

I'd guess that Russia's invasion of Ukr has a deeply significant impact on our global futures. Iran and Saudis contrived civil war in Yemen does not.
Btw ... About 7000 Ru soldiers have been killed in the last 3 weeks in Ukr. Nearly all of them are White and I don't mind at all, I believe many more of them will need to be killed. How does the Western Racism theory account for that? Am I giving undue sympathy to Ukr because it is a White society?
Nope.
I have the same sympathies for Syrians, Palestinians, and other 'brown people', yes, even when it's white people killing them.
If it is news orgs job to keep us informed on all these conflicts then they have surely failed. Pretty sure we can agree on that much anyway.

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Shocked and perplexed... no one is paying attention to war in Yemen. [View all] WarGamer Mar 2022 OP

I hear you. Joinfortmill Mar 2022 #1

Less than a Billion dollars to keep them out of famine for the next 6 months. WarGamer Mar 2022 #2

The president of yemin needs to have press conferences on tv and jimfields33 Mar 2022 #3

Why isn't the media covering it? WarGamer Mar 2022 #4

But clearly nobody is aware of the troubles in yemin. jimfields33 Mar 2022 #7

Hmmm.... WarGamer Mar 2022 #9

Hopefully it will now. jimfields33 Mar 2022 #11

We signed an agreement in 1994, in exchange for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons, pnwmom Mar 2022 #34

I thought the world was fed up Triloon Mar 2022 #5

So no help for brown people? WarGamer Mar 2022 #6

The US is helping the brown people in question. So is Europe. The Arab League is not. Beastly Boy Mar 2022 #13

A predictable knee jerk. Triloon Mar 2022 #18

How do you explain the difference between media attention of UKR v Yemen? WarGamer Mar 2022 #19

If I had to guess (and I do) .. Triloon Mar 2022 #23

+1000, great points WarGamer Mar 2022 #26

Short answer iemanja Mar 2022 #8

I wasn't going to say it... afraid of Alert Karens... but that's it. WarGamer Mar 2022 #10

Thanks. The lack of focus on Yemen is something that's grated on me for a few years now. Emrys Mar 2022 #12

It all brings about my misanthropy. WarGamer Mar 2022 #14

Thanks for the post, WarGames. Fwiw, I don't think it's helpful to judge Hortensis Mar 2022 #16

I know it's going to sound crazy... WarGamer Mar 2022 #17

:) I start from a wired in notion that everyone has a right to life, etc. Hortensis Mar 2022 #24

+1000 so true... WarGamer Mar 2022 #25

"Yemen's Houthi Rebels Are Impeding the U.N.'s Aid Flow -- And Demanding a Cut" ruet Mar 2022 #15

Good info. Thank you. n/t barbaraann Mar 2022 #35

Harder to say which side is 'OK' in Yemen muriel_volestrangler Mar 2022 #20

+1000, great point WarGamer Mar 2022 #21

Your thread has got me thinking about other conflicts that faded away muriel_volestrangler Mar 2022 #22

yeah... mans inumanity just keeps rolling. WarGamer Mar 2022 #28

... Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #27

I didn't notice too much attention about Syria around here either. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #29

true... WarGamer Mar 2022 #30

or the strife in Ethiopia malaise Mar 2022 #31

can't argue... WarGamer Mar 2022 #32

Yup. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #33