Then you should ask a few people from South American or African countries.

helpfulContrib · on Sept 17, 2023

Or rather, ask the Iraqi or Afghani or Syrian or Libyan or Somalian, or Yemeni people, if they think the US and the West are the 'good guys'.

This is purile argumentation. The West, by statistic, are not the good guys. Neither are Russia.

The closest 'good guys' we've got are nations like Austria, who only send their military for the purpose of observing the war crimes of the other belligerents...

rich_sasha · on Sept 17, 2023

Like the ones who were buying food from Ukraine? Food that is either bombed by the Russians, or stuck in a port under a Russian blockade?

I mean, admittedly, some of the grain the Russians stole and are trying to sell it on. Is that the Good Samaritan points?

xg15 · on Sept 17, 2023

Fully agreed here - just that, from what I understand so far, the global south countries are interested in ending the war as soon as possible, with little regard to the conditions - because the longer the war will go on, the further the food crisis will worsen for them.

In contrast, Ukraine and the West are interested in a full Ukrainian victory, even if it takes a long time.

So the interests are not completely aligned here.