Moral consistency. Without it you have no real claim to moral authority.

Moral consistency would mean that you condemn attacks on civilians no matter who does them.

You would condemn war crimes no matter who does them.

If say attacking tower blocks where civilians live

or medical facilities is an outrage in one case,

which it is, it should be an equal outrage in another case and here is why Russia's brutal

invasion of Ukraine exposes the rampant unashamed and profoundly unsubtle

hypocrisy of the West when you compare the response with the

horrors of Gaza. Now Russia has just launched a huge wave of missiles against

Ukrainian cities including the capital Kieve.

According to the Ukrainian President Zelensky,

110 missiles were fired in a few hours.

Now, bear in mind, Russia fired 160 missiles

in the first day of the invasion.

So this is clearly a very substantial

attack. It's reported at least 30 civilians were killed, 132 injured, with

missile strikes, and residential buildings in the capital Kyiv in Lviv and in Kharkiv.

It's also reported by the Ukrainian authorities that targets here include a maternity ward,

educational facilities, a shopping centre, residential tower blocks and other private homes. And amongst those killed are two kids and a

pregnant woman in a deser. Now I've been clear from the very beginning that Russia has

committed grave war crimes in Ukraine and here are yet more examples

after this latest onslaught I had two thoughts

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