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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsZelensky responds to Italian Minister of Culture saying Italy will rebuild Theatre of Mariupol
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SheltieLover
(59,303 posts)Ty, Italy!
COL Mustard
(6,818 posts)Slava Ukraini!
SheltieLover
(59,303 posts)Evolve Dammit
(18,378 posts)gristy
(10,714 posts)Raine
(30,592 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,739 posts)Ukraine would be an exciting place to be. If only I was younger...
madaboutharry
(41,231 posts)There should be little doubt that the nations of the world will come together to rebuild Ukraine.
Igel
(36,004 posts)first we have to drive a wooden stake through his heart, cut off his head and then stuff his mouth with garlic. Fill the box with cement.
Then nail the lid shut and we lower it into the Mariana Trench.
Evolve Dammit
(18,378 posts)roamer65
(36,962 posts)msfiddlestix
(7,730 posts)Lonestarblue
(11,557 posts)I remember reading accounts about Hitlers bombing of London with people there checking in the morning after a horrific night to see if St. Paul cathedral was still standing. Such historic building are important to a society, and Putin is destroying them in Ukraine. To me, that also is a war crime.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)life, but to wipe out a people's history and culture is to destroy their soul and what makes them proud. It is almost just as evil.
I had always hoped to see that part of the world someday. It will never be the same. I can't imagine how much it must break the hearts of the people who are from there and are still alive.
colorado_ufo
(5,902 posts)our thinking so that this tragedy simply adds to the history of the building, as it is erected again.
erronis
(16,744 posts)and seems to be designed to hit civilian facilities. These aren't just random flying bombs that fall within a 10km radius. They are precision munitions that can be targeted to several meters. And they are frequently armed with multiple rounds (clusters) that are designed to kill in a broad radius.
Zambero
(9,671 posts)Destroying irreplaceable vestiges of a culture is war crime in itself.
Cha
(304,612 posts)ffr
(23,086 posts)But what a gesture by Italy! Magnificent!
Snackshack
(2,541 posts)Of developed countries that have the wherewithal to do so must come together with a unified front and tell Putin in very clear and understanding language that he has to stop his forces. If not it will be Russia against the World. Putin cant be allowed to slowly day after day continue to turn parts of Ukraine to dust and kill innocent people.
SheltieLover
(59,303 posts)oldsoftie
(13,503 posts)Idiot
Skittles
(158,153 posts)there are more of US then them......yes INDEED
erronis
(16,744 posts)They're like cockroaches. They breed far too quickly and are singularly directed towards causing harm.
Skittles
(158,153 posts)I don't care if they are family, I don't associate with racists - PERIOD
oldsoftie
(13,503 posts)A person can hate me for what I am, but if they never ACT on those feelings it doesn't harm me at all. It just shortens their life from being constantly stressed
OMGWTF
(4,390 posts)Skittles
(158,153 posts)totally fucking cool
WarGamer
(15,032 posts)denbot
(9,910 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(12,404 posts)erronis
(16,744 posts)I worry that the hatred directed at this evil dictator will cause the people in the country not to be able to survive.
The Marshall Plan for Germany post WW-II was admirable. It also led to the sense that Germany did not ever want to be considered a military power in the then future. It's taken 70 years for them to realize that they have to be part of a pan-European structure that includes defenses.
Can Russia eventually be considered part of the common European ecosystem? Or will it always feel under attack and paranoid?
niyad
(119,309 posts)niyad
(119,309 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,764 posts)10,000 times as much, at least, to rebuild Ukraine...and that's assuming more or less the best outcome possible. 100s of billions, I'd think.