The Ethiopia - Tigray War Update

@earl-of-trumps said
@kevcvs57 - said
I take it you believe that sovereignty trumps any kind of human rights concerns.

You may be right. Interesting philosophical food for thought.

In relation to Tigray, it is constitutionally backed by Ethiopia's constitution for them to be semi autonomous.
And Tigray is semi autonomous with Ethiopia's blessings. BUT, when the Tigray army, ...[text shortened]... ince assigned Tigray new civilians to take rule in Tigray, and yes, they were hand picked loyalists.

@kevcvs57 said
I’m not arguing against a sovereign nation defending itself from an internal armed insurrection. But whatever the initial provocation or the intent of the Ethiopian government the situation has descended into tribal bloodletting.

@earl-of-trumps said
yes, for sure. Please understand that Tigray is a section of Ethiopia that is semi autonomous.
They do have their own army, as well as militia groups. Now, I do not know the cause but I do know
that the Tigray army attacked two Ethiopian military bases, one of which was in the capital city of Tigray, Mekele.
Remember now, Tigray is not autonomous, they just think ...[text shortened]... y is the bully, they are getting attacked for a reason. They clearly bit off more than they can chew

@kevcvs57 said
You do not defend by raping and murdering civilians en masse and if you do the international community has the right and the moral duty to, at the very least, apply sanctions of some sort.
If you just kill other men with guns then you won’t go far wrong, this war thing isn’t rocket science. If you find yourself raping a woman next to the bodies of her dead civilian husband and children you’ve got it all wrong.

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@earl-of-trumps said
Kev, there is no doubt that rape is wrong, and killing people is worse. In the end, war sucks.

In my opinion, it is a staple of warring entities to rape women as well as kill the men. war sucks.
And I blame the Tigray government/TPLA, they took the bold move of attacking two Ethiopian military bases.

EDIT to add: Kev, one last note. Right during the war with E ...[text shortened]... elessly slaughtered 102 ethnic minorities and burnt their houses down.
Food for thought. war sucks.

@kevcvs57
War crimes like rape, genocide and ethnic cleansing are war crimes regardless of where they happen, who they happen to, and who the perpetrators are.

we agree! but they happen all the time. crimes of extreme passion. horrible.
the Geneva convention
means nothing to highly charged people with criminal intent, obviously. try to catch them. ya.
somebody may go down about 40 years from now when he's old and gray.

@earl-of-trumps said
@kevcvs57
War crimes like rape, genocide and ethnic cleansing are war crimes regardless of where they happen, who they happen to, and who the perpetrators are.

we agree! but they happen all the time. crimes of extreme passion. horrible.
the Geneva convention
means nothing to highly charged people with criminal intent, obviously. try to catch them. ya.
somebody may go down about 40 years from now when he's old and gray.

@kevcvs57 said
Well why on Earth is such a big fuss made on these forums regarding the Uighur population.
Is it as the duchess claims simply a cynical ruse to throw mud in the direction of China. Why all the stress about how Israel treats Palestinians in Gaza or the West Bank it’s just war after all and neither the Uighur or the Palestinians are getting treated anything like as bad as the civilians of the Tigray region.
So please explain the difference earl. I’m all ears.

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