A hero to those who like it when hospitals and schools get bombed. A hero to those who like the rape, torture, murder and enforced disappearances of civilians.
i am against putin. but looking at the wide picture of who is presented as 'heros' in history
100 years ago. the west invaded the middle east. stealing land and killing the ottomans.
yet america/UK were setting themselves up in media as the hero's. rewriting history
much like america(via the british/spanish/french) validated itself as a 'great land of the free' while killing native indians and enslaving africans.
(understanding a situation does not imply that you support it)
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even now. the middle east are angry with the west. (for good reason). so when the west again invaded the middle east in the 90's-2010.. the middle east were fanatically and savagely trying to defend their country/land. from armies that were born thousands of miles outside of the land.
yet again media present the west as the hero's
(im against the actions of middle easts involvement of 9-11, but you can atleast understand why they done it,.. if you look at the history books at the US invasion of the middle east pre 9-11(understanding a situation does not imply that you support it))
america/UK had no need to ever be in the middle east in the last 100 years. it was not their land.. if the US/UK never went to the middle east. there would be less hate between both sides
(understanding a situation does not imply that you support it)
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UK/spain had no need to be in africa/america 200-300 years ago, it was not their land/people
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putin is not a hero for invading eastern ukraine. its not his land.
but if the US/UK can be seen as hero's for the middle east. and if america can be seen as 'land of the free' with all its native killing and enslavement.. well.. the word 'hero' becomes meaningless..