Yes , I have seen , or I should say , We all have seen the rampant use of "whataboutism" over the last few months .
It is such a weak debating method , because one thing atrocity doesn't justify the other atrocity.
I mean, stretching this absurdity to its limit, the Romans invading Britain is not an excuse for the Russians invading Ukraine.
"Western Escalation" feeds into a primed audience that has been fed a diet of this for a long time. It only works if you have sown the seeds of that method previously .
Russian Propaganda has been active for many many years . They have sought to level the playing field by causing disruptions in the social fabric of their opponents . And into that comes those that actively repromote those messages , the phrase " Useful Idiots" or originally "Useful Innocents" is very apt.
