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Divine Victims

The Divine Victims There have been so many battlefields mostly forgotten there was Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan Libya, among the many battles and millions of dead civilians some were children Yemen is a graveyard for children killed by Saudi bombs Yes, the same nation we do business with. Myanmar, ethnic cleansing is working overtime, but it is in the east and nothing to bother about. We have in Europe a clear-cut war, Russian versus Ukraine Russians are bad lowbrow people, Ukrainians upright defending their homeland; nothing could be simpler, right? Ukraine is the victim of Russian aggression enough said. Stop thinking, take out your prejudices and call anyone asking questions traitors, dismiss them with contempt when the hit the fan stop looking surprised.

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Date: 3/23/2022 4:13:00 AM
It saddens me how they are being punished for a crime they did not commit, all they ask for are basic human rights,
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