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Ukraine and the world reaction, action and inaction

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 On Thursday February 24th, 2022 Russia started attacking the Ukraine. It' April 19th, 2022 and still it's sadly ongoing... February 24th Armenians worldwide remember St.Vartan and the struggle for freedom and to keep their identity as a nation. How ironic on that day the Ukraine was invaded...

Here are some articles in the media about The Ukraine, Russia and the world 

The Armenian Genocide Holds a Bitter Lesson for Those Who Weep for Ukraine

From 1915 through today, politicians have made lots of great-sounding speeches. But human suffering is never part of the equation.

April 18 2022, 12:46 p.m.
 
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However, history suggests that this is the emptiest of rhetoric. It’s difficult to find any examples of governments sacrificing their goals for the well-being of people in other countries. Instead, governments see the very real suffering of foreigners as useful for propaganda purposes — to motivate their own citizens and make their enemies look bad — but otherwise as totally irrelevant.

A chilling story from 100 years ago illustrates this truth in the starkest possible terms. And precisely because it’s so unflattering to the powerful, it is now almost completely unknown...."

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