The two-year war in northern Ethiopia resulted in approximately 100,200 deaths before an African Union-brokered ceasefire was reached in November 2021, a new report reveals. In comparison, the Ukraine-Russia war that began in February led to 81,500 deaths, the same source added.
Yeah, but most people there don’t have blue eyes and blond hair.
I feel like it’s more about money and international implications than whiteness. If China attacked a country like Taiwan or Vietnam, there would likely be a ton of press over it as well. An Ethiopian civil war has less economic implications globally.
Plus it’s a civil war. I grew up in the Balkans and I can tell you that people gave so few fucks about the war of my country, that when the Ukraine war started they weren’t bringing up Yugoslavia as a recent European conflict, they were talking about WWII. If your country isn’t gonna make a huge impact on the global markets, nobody cares (even if you’re blonde like many ex-Yugoslavians).
I find some anglophone westerners who aren’t old enough to remember it for themselves don’t seem to even know about the Balkan conflicts. It’s kind of disturbing how quickly our cultures forget.
US is currently occupying a larger percentage of Syria than Russia is of Ukraine. Where are the sanctions, the outrage, and so on?
First, you’re never gonna win a propaganda/media war against the US. Second, the GDP of Syria in 2010 (before the conflict) is the same as my country of Croatia (60 bil) - a country that had a war nobody gave a fuck about, as we’ve already established.
The US can go to practically any country as long as it’s economically weak enough and nobody cares. In the late 90s, they bombed the shit outta Serbia and would likely bomb the shit outta them again if they even farted in the general direction of Kosovo. I think race affects how sympathetic the world is for a given country, sure, but I think money is the most important thing at the end of the day.