Russian Soldiers Have Given Up Pretending They Are Not Fighting in Ukraine

You're dodging the question. And digging yourself deeper into absurdist propaganda. Allow me.

I believe that once this all over with, those responsible should be held accountable. Murderers should be tried for murder and, if guilty, punished appropriately. Their accomplices should be tried as well. These murders could not take place without supporting propaganda, because the public wouldn't stand for it.

We have firmly established precedent that "I was just doing my job." in no way exonerates war criminals. Even direct orders are not an excuse. A paycheck is surely no excuse either.

So when we have a scenario such as Ukraine where propagandists blanket the information spectrum with misinformation in an attempt to set the psychological stage for genocide, they are partly responsible for that genocide.

My best estimate is that somewhere between 6,000 to 20,000 residence of the former eastern Ukraine are now dead, murdered, enabled by the propagandists. To my mind, propagandists are culpable for 6,000 to 20,000 cases of aiding and abetting murder.

So what should be done?

Let's be lenient and give the propaganda just one year for his role in each murder. I could see the death penalty, frankly. Or some families may push for total forgiveness. Possible either way, but let's just go with one year. That's 6,000 to 20,000 years of consecutive sentences. That's life in prison.

Now if it were my sister or father or son that had been murderered, I might be tempted to take matters into my own hands -- especially when I understood just how corrupt and ineffectual the justice system is. Assuming each murdered person leaves just one surviving loved one, that's 6,000 to 20,000 of people who share that desire for revenge.

Stop doing what you're doing. It will not end well for you.

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