A UN report from last month cited 129 verified executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war, with the organisation sounding the alarm last year over a "marked increase" in cases. #EuropeNews
I’m not normalizing anything. Just pointing out that, while we like to pretend there’s some kind of veneer of civility and convention around war, that no such thing exists in reality.
Believe me, if I had any power to make lasting change with how our species likes to destroy itself, things would be very different.
They don’t present the appearance to have executed POW’s, surely, which is understandable. That’s what black sites are for.
Stop trying to normalize this, it isn’t normal.
I’m not normalizing anything. Just pointing out that, while we like to pretend there’s some kind of veneer of civility and convention around war, that no such thing exists in reality.
Believe me, if I had any power to make lasting change with how our species likes to destroy itself, things would be very different.