SecondWar said:
The concept of 'evil' can be a bit too hard to define in many cases. I refer you to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine - "Evil is a point of view". |
In many wars, such as ww1, there aren't really good vs. bad guys. Everyone's at fault to an extent. But sometimes there are genuinely evil sides. Nazis and Communists are objectively evil based on the millions of people they persecute and killed in the most inhumane ways possible.
Putin, based on what he has done, is in that same branch of evil. If he just targeted military structures/soldiers, didn't use illegal weapons, gave citizens time to evacuate before the invasion, didn't plan public executions of dissidents, and didn't do or plan many other evil things he has, he wouldn't be in that category. But he has done this and continues to demostrate this. He will be regulated in history as another Hitler, and Russians for decades to come will have to swallow their shame like Germany did and still deals with in their older populations.
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