The War in Ukraine and Domestic Violence
Oct. 10th, 2022 03:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribAs reported pretty much everywhere, The Kerch Bridge, pride of Russia and the most secure route into Crimea from Russia, got hit with some kind of large bomb over the weekend. The bridge is badly damaged - most importantly for Russia's war effort, it's unclear as to the health of the railroad portion of that bridge.
Russia's response to that incident came today. They fired a large number of cruise missiles into Ukraine, aiming some at electrical infrastructure and some at apparently random civilian targets. The explicit explanation for these attacks was to punish Ukraine for crossing a Russian red line. This explanation was gleefully applauded by Russia's defenders, including Wily Coyote, International Super Genius. Said genius also expects Russia to, Any Day Now, expand their war by attacking NATO. (With whose army and how said army would do any better against NATO then Ukraine is unclear. But then, in Coyote-world, Ukraine is still losing the war.)
The link to domestic violence is this. In domestic violence situations, if the victim fights back, then they must be punished even more vigorously by the abuser. The link between that behavior and Ukraine is clear - Ukraine is resisting and therefore must be punished.
In both cases, this punishment rarely works. Once the victim has decided to fight back, they will continue to do so until they can't.
Russia's response to that incident came today. They fired a large number of cruise missiles into Ukraine, aiming some at electrical infrastructure and some at apparently random civilian targets. The explicit explanation for these attacks was to punish Ukraine for crossing a Russian red line. This explanation was gleefully applauded by Russia's defenders, including Wily Coyote, International Super Genius. Said genius also expects Russia to, Any Day Now, expand their war by attacking NATO. (With whose army and how said army would do any better against NATO then Ukraine is unclear. But then, in Coyote-world, Ukraine is still losing the war.)
The link to domestic violence is this. In domestic violence situations, if the victim fights back, then they must be punished even more vigorously by the abuser. The link between that behavior and Ukraine is clear - Ukraine is resisting and therefore must be punished.
In both cases, this punishment rarely works. Once the victim has decided to fight back, they will continue to do so until they can't.
