By the time Ukrainian soldiers arrive at the front, less than a third are left by day two, neither dead nor seriously wounded, the Financial Times reports. The article was reprinted in the news and nobody cares. Normal. A worse record than Auschwitz. No wonder the Ukrainians are willing to do absolutely anything to avoid the front. You might think that the first line troops in the Normandy invasion of 1944 were no better off. But that’s the way it is in Ukraine on a normal war day!
And what kind of mass deaths do they get? A better way out in peace negotiations? No, the Ukrainian government refuses to negotiate anything other than the complete surrender of Russia. An improvement in the overall situation? No, the Russians’ superiority is increasing by the day. All they get in return are a few newspaper articles, speeches by politicians and more opportunities for gigantic rip-offs.
This has all been said a thousand times, but now to one interesting aspect. The people who support these mass murders feel moral! They even feel more moral than those who would like to stop the massacres already. When Otakar Foltýn, the Special Representative of the Czech government, referred to peace activists as swine, he was expressing his authentic view and thus expressing the view of an entire social stratum. And notice that there is no pity. There is nothing in the way of mourning for those we have to sacrifice (although we don’t like it very much). The supporters of killing are thrilled. The more enthusiastic, the more moral. And their brains seem to be going through the same processes as the brain of someone who helps save a three-year-old who has fallen down a well.
That’s why you’ll hardly find the subject of morality in my reflections. It’s too relative. As opposed to judging the truth or validity of theories.