7/6/2023 0 Comments The War Within by R. Gaston![]() ![]() It’s correct that these numbers are substantially lower than the registered counts in other conflicts. 24, an estimated 2,000 civilians and several thousand troops have died in Ukraine. To begin with, it is important to emphasize that this is only the beginning of this conflict. But there are significant reasons for acute attention to the Ukraine crisis, which might be seen as a war within a larger war-and one that is sure to have ripple effects across the globe. More could and should have been done in those other conflicts. While the world remains fixated on the horrific human and political consequences of the conflict in Ukraine, there has been an undercurrent of discourse comparing the extreme attention to this conflict to the intermittent and waning interest over the past few years in civilian suffering and acts of aggression in places like Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Ethiopia or Somalia. ![]() Click to share on Email (Opens in new window).Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window).Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window).Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). ![]()
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