Selective outrage

 Most of us are justifiably outraged by Russian bombing of civilian targets—hospitals, schools, malls—in Ukraine. Of course, civilians were targeted by the US in the Vietnam and Iraq wars, so American hands aren’t clean, either.

Also outrageous is the conduct of American ally Saudi Arabia in Yemen. Here, the US has been supplying the military aid that enables Saudi slaughter of civilians. Although formal US policy forbids use of American military aid against civilian targets, the Saudis flaut this policy and our government does nothing to prevent it or punish it.

It’s kinda hard to hold the moral high ground when you’re AWOL yourself.

https://www.juancole.com/2022/07/questions-accounting-civilian.html