#western hypocrisy

And with the destruction, death and atrocities only rising, the silence looks not just hypocritical, but increasingly hostile and deliberate.

They WANT us to die in silence because they got bored with our "trend" and have moved on to the next one. With just as much sincerity in their support for that other cause (none).

It's an either/or binary to them, as if these topics are rivaling fandoms.

It's the fourth year of the full-scale invasion and the twelfth year of Russia's war against Ukraine as a whole. Thousands of statements saying – "We are deeply concerned". Thousands more saying – "We must stand united".

And yet, when it comes to allowing Russian soldiers into Europe, the deciding factor is the money they bring as tourists. Some countries are literally worried about losing tourism revenue, regardless of where that money comes from.

People were outraged when the Olympic Committee argued that sport should be a "second chance" for people, regardless of what they had done during the war.

But Europe is effectively doing the same thing through tourism.

So in Europe, it's entirely possible for a Ukrainian refugee — a mother with her child, for example — to run into the very person who killed her relatives, committed sexual violence against civilians, took part in torture, or committed other war crimes, simply because he came there for a vacation.

September 15th, 2025

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

As an Iraqi, I survived Saddam Hussain’s brutality.

As a Lebanese, I survived Lebanon’s bloody civil war, Assad’s tyranny, and Hezbollah’s iron fist.

In all my life, not a single European stood with Iraqis or Lebanese against their killers. Now, all those who remained silent then are donning a Kufiyyah, pretending that it was Israel that started a war on Palestinians on Oct 7, 2023.