A Chinese coastguard ship came dangerously close to a Philippine patrol ship in the South China Sea, sparking fears of a territorial dispute in the contested waters.
The Chinese ship manoeuvred and came within 4 metres of the patrol ship near the Second Thomas Shoal. One other Philippine coastguard vessel was blocked and surrounded by the Chinese coastguard and militia ships.
The altercation had dragged on for about eight hours on Wednesday after China formed a blockade in the high seas off the shoal that both nations have laid claim to.
Two supply boats being escorted by the Philippine coastguard had breached the Chinese blockade and delivered food and other supplies to a Filipino marine outpost at the shoal.
Did the Russia Ukraine situation start with the annexation of crimea in 2014, sure.
That wasn’t a war. That was an invasion and an annexation. This is now a war. It has fundamentally changes. Ask literally any Russian. Or Ukrainian.
Yes, humans do suck, but to pretend like things haven’t gotten worse opens the door for that spiral to continue.
Things have gotten much worse, and it is not business as usual.
It was more than annexation. russia committed terrorist attacks, including downing MH17. They had a lot of actual conflict in Donbas, Luhansk, and the Eastern portion of Ukraine. [1]
And again, even if you want to unjustifiably exclude the russian conflict in Ukraine beginning in 2014, how is that different than what was happening in Syria?
In Syria, russia was using chemical weapons to force civilians hiding in rubble out into the street, where they would execute them. [2]
What you’re guilty of is declinism, whether you want to believe it or not.
One could argue russia committed worse atrocities in Syria than they have been in Ukraine. But that coverage wasn’t as popular in the media.
What you’re doing is making assumptions based on your subjective perspective, not a factual representation of the world. Your view is very common, but not representative of reality. [3]