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The pro-war-crimes right

Be careful that your bitterness isn’t blinding

Russian soldiers, in the top right corner of this image from the video, walk away from the bodies of the men they have just killed, leaving them lying in the shadow. (via CNN)

It’s not clear what David Frum is referencing with his tweet.

Maybe these? (I’m not linking to them.)

There are those as well on the left whose default position is that whatever “the government” supports they are against. Everything is corrupt. Everyone is corrupt. Everything is suspect. And they wonder why no one wants to jump on their political bandwagons of bitterness.

For a moment, consider this:

Kyiv, UkraineCNN — Russian soldiers shot two unarmed civilians as they walked away after an encounter in the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.

CNN has obtained surveillance video of what is now being investigated as a war crime by Ukrainian prosecutors.

Both civilians died after the heartless shooting that goes against the so-called rules of war that outlaw the targeting of civilians. CNN has identified the victims. One was the owner of the vehicle dealership that was looted, whose family does not want to be named. The other was Leonid Oleksiyovych Plyats, a 68-year-old grandfather who worked as a guard there.

Video from multiple angles. The two civilians were shot in the back as they walked away after being frisked for weapons by Russian troops who later looted the vehicle dealership. One victim died immediately (apparently). The other bled out after calling for help that arrived too late.

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