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Originally Posted by Fuzz
You know how to avoid all civilian casualties? Don't invade a country that isn't yours. Only one side is at fault here.
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The war is obviously Russia’s fault, and they’re ultimately responsible for the death and suffering caused by it.
But AI’s role isn’t to determine who the aggressor is in a conflict. Their role is to investigate and publicize abuses of human rights. And in war - all wars - those abuses aren’t confined to one side. AI would forfeit their credibility if at the outset of every conflict they chose to investigate allegations against only one side.
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Originally Posted by Firebot
Russia invaded Chechnya in 1994. The world sat and did nothing. Chechnya won a victory humiliating Russia in the process.
Amnesty International condemned Chechnya for holding Russian POWs
…Amnesty International condemned Chechnya a 2nd time for their endemic torture of Russians.
…Guess who decided to blame Georgia for failing to protect civilians and commiting genocide (effectively taking Russia's word)?
…Russia invaded Crimea and the Donetsk region in 2014. The world sent some strongly worded comments, gave a slap on the wrist and laughed with Putin at the G20 meeting.
Do you know who again condemned the side that Russia was invading?
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In all of those cases AI also condemned Russia. As they’ve also levelled charges of war crimes against Russia in Ukraine in recent months.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/amn...ence-1.6443704
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/...mes-in-kharkiv
https://apnews.com/article/russia-uk...e820aa97444535
They investigate all claims of abuses of human rights, and publicize those they determine to be credible. War being what it is, they find abuses carried out by every side in every conflict. The causes and righteousness of the parties in the conflict don’t enter into it.