It is not only Germany that has “long sought to extinguish the militarism that fueled its calamitous history during World War II,” but also other countries. In Russia, the country which started a brutal and unprovoked war in Europe after decades of peace, soldiers’ mothers have long been a thorn in the Kremlin’s side.
The difference is that in the West, these organizations and every individual can openly speak out against the war, while in autocracies like Russia you can’t. A report like the one linked here would be immediately censored, with the author likely facing long imprisonment.
Which mother or father wants their children to go to war? Do Putin’s children fight in the war in Ukraine? His backers’ children? What a title.
It is really like someone has said long time ago:
“One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”
What a survey, hell, I am surprised (s/).
It is not only Germany that has “long sought to extinguish the militarism that fueled its calamitous history during World War II,” but also other countries. In Russia, the country which started a brutal and unprovoked war in Europe after decades of peace, soldiers’ mothers have long been a thorn in the Kremlin’s side.
First Russian grassroots organizations of soldiers’ mothers to bring their sons home are known to have started in the 1980s during the USSR’s occupation of Afghanistan, and has been continuing their work to this day. The Human Rights Organization “Soldiers’ Mothers of Saint-Petersburg” is one example.
The difference is that in the West, these organizations and every individual can openly speak out against the war, while in autocracies like Russia you can’t. A report like the one linked here would be immediately censored, with the author likely facing long imprisonment.
Which mother or father wants their children to go to war? Do Putin’s children fight in the war in Ukraine? His backers’ children? What a title.
It is really like someone has said long time ago:
Addition:
Russian officials criticised for giving meat grinders to mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine
This is just cartoonishly evil. What the actual fuck?
Might’ve legitimately been an attempt to alter search results.